Wills Act 1837, s33 – Law Journals

Burns v Bean & ors [2021] WTLR 795

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JUDGMENT MASTER CLARK: [1] This is my judgment on a Part 8 claim made by claim form dated 29 April 2020 seeking the determination of a point of construction of a will dated 2 November 2010 (‘the 2010 Will’) of Daisy Mary Joan Bean, who died on 19 July 2017. [2] Mrs Bean had 4 …

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Naylor & anr v Barlow & ors [2019] WTLR 981

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JUDGMENT HHJ HODGE QC Introduction [1] This is my considered judgment on the trial of a Part 8 Claim issued in London on 17 July 2018 and transferred to Manchester by Order of Master Clark dated 27 January 2019. It raises two interesting and difficult questions on the law of wills: (1) Where issue succeed …

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Rainbird & anr v Smith & ors [2012] EWHC 4276 (Ch)

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JUDGMENT MR JOHN BALDWIN QC: [1] The claimants are the trustees of the will of Doreen Gertrude Leader, who died in 2010, and bring this action seeking rectification of the will pursuant to the provisions of s20 of the Administration of Justice Act 1982, on the grounds that it fails to carry out the deceased’s …

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