White v Matthys & ors [2014] EWHC 648 (Ch)

May 2014 #139

Joseph Robson (the deceased) had two sons, the fourth and fifth defendants. When he retired in 1992, the deceased sold his residential property and moved to Spain. He did not own any property in the UK thereafter.

By a will dated 30 March 1995, the deceased left his Spanish estate to the fourth defendant absolutely. By a will dated 29 November 2006 (the 2006 will), the deceased appointed the claimant as his executor and left his residuary estate outside Spain to the British National Party (the BNP). The deceased died on 21 March 2010 leaving a net English estate of approximately £...

Curtis & ors v Pulbrook & ors [2009] EWHC 782 (Ch)

November 2011 #114

The claimants were the step-children of Arthur Ronald Towns (Mr Towns). Mr Towns had commenced the claim on 5 October 2007 and had died on 3 June 2008. The claimants were substituted for Mr Towns on 3 September 2008 as executors of his estate. Repayment was sought of sums totalling £127,000 said to have been withdrawn by the first defendant (Henry Pulbrook) from an account in the joint names of Mr Towns and his late wife Edith Anne Towns (Mrs Towns). The claimants were Mrs Towns’ children from her first marriage.

Each of the claimants and the defendants was a descendant of ...