National Westminster Bank plc v Lucas & ors [2016] EWHC 1934 (Ch)
October 2016 #163The bank, which was the executor of the estate of Jimmy Savile, sought the approval of the court to the making of final distributions out of the estate to numerous individuals (PI claimants) who had applied for compensation under a scheme designed to notify, process and settle claims without formal case management in court (scheme). As well as claims against the bank, many of the PI claimants had parallel claims against third parties including the BBC, NHS, Barnardos and MIND. The scheme, which had been opposed by the first and second defendants acting as the trustees of the Jimmy Savile...
A v B [2016] EWHC 340 (Ch)
June 2016 #160An application was made on 16 February 2016 to vary the trusts of the will of a testator (will) and of a settlement made by reference to the will (settlement) by the testator’s brother (settlor) pursuant to the Variation of Trusts Act 1958. The claimants included the eldest surviving son and eldest grandson of the settlor. The defendants included the trustees of the will and the settlement (trustees) as well as a class of the settlor’s descendants and their respective spouses who were beneficiaries under the will and the settlement.
The trust funds of the will...
Clarke v Meadus [2010] EWHC 3117 (Ch)
March 2013 #127Mrs Clarke was the daughter of Mrs Meadus and Mr R Meadus, who owned a property known as Bonavista as joint tenants. Mr Meadus died in March 1995. Mrs Clarke alleged that prior to his death Mr Meadus expressed that he wanted Bonavista to remain in the family after he and his wife were dead. They wanted Mrs Clarke to live with Mrs Meadus, at Bonavista, for the remainder of her life and she would have Bonavista on Mrs Meadus’s death. Mrs Meadus asked Mrs Clarke and her husband to move in, which they did in September 1995, after allegedly receiving repeated promises that Mrs Meadus would le...