Tish & ors v Olley & ors [2018] WTLR 327

Spring 2018 #171

The claimants, the former wife of the deceased and their children by that 
marriage, brought claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) 
Act 1975.

Following the breakdown of the marriage between the first claimant and the 
deceased, in 2007 a consent order was made by the Principal Registry of the Family 
Division disposing of the first claimant’s ancillary relief application. That order 
provided, inter alia, that the deceased would pay £11,000 a year in respect of the 
children of the marriage until they attained the age of 18 years or, ...