Civil Evidence Act 1995, s4.

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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. …

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Harb v Abdul Aziz [2015] EWHC 3155 (Ch)

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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 …

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Sharp v Hutchins [2015] EWHC 1240 (Ch)

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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 …

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Civil Evidence Act 1995, s4.

Barnaby & anr v Johnson [2020] WTLR 67

Harb v Abdul Aziz [2015] EWHC 3155 (Ch)

Sharp v Hutchins [2015] EWHC 1240 (Ch)