JUDGMENT Deputy Master Linwood [1] Mrs Maudlin (also known as Madline) Bascoe (‘Mrs Bascoe’ or ‘mother’ according to usage) died on 29th August 2015, a few days before what would have been her 97th birthday. She had worked as a seamstress after her arrival in London in the 1960s from her place of birth, Jamaica. …
Introduction JUDGMENT PETER SMITH J: [1] This is the trial of the claimant’s claim in this action. She claims an oral agreement made on or around 19/20 June 2003 between her and the defendant was concluded whereby the defendant agreed to pay her £12m and to procure the transfer to her of two properties in …
JUDGMENT MS L ANDERSON QC: [1] This is a probate action concerning the testamentary wishes of Ronald Hubert Butcher (‘Mr Butcher’). As observed by Peter Gibson LJ in Fuller v Strum [2002] WTLR 199 at para 32: ‘Probate proceedings peculiarly pose problems for the court because the protagonist, the testator, is dead and those who …