Wills Act 1837, s9

JUDGMENT LORD JUSTICE NUGEE: Introduction [1] This second appeal arises after judgment in a probate action that was tried before Deputy Master Bowles, an experienced former Chancery Master who was sitting in retirement (‘the Deputy Master’), and raises two main questions. The late Hartar Singh Sangha died on 3 September 2016 in Chandigarh, Punjab, India …

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JUDGMENT MR SIMON GLEESON: [1] This is an appeal against one part of the order of Deputy Master Bowles dated 21 September 2021 in this matter. [2] When Hartar Singh Sangha (‘Hartar’) died on 3 September 2016, he left behind him a complex family life and a large portfolio of property and other assets in …

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Wilson & anr v Spence & anr WTLR(w) 2022-09

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JUDGMENT DEPUTY MASTER DRAY: Introduction [1] Ernest Francis (the Deceased) was born on 10.4.1934 in Jamaica. He came to the UK many years ago, certainly by the early 1980s (if not before). He lived at 63 St Pauls Road, London N17. He died on 2.5.2019 in London. These proceedings concern the entitlement to his estate. …

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Cooper & anr v Chapman & ors [2022] WTLR 895

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JUDGMENT HHJ KLEIN: [1] Dr Steven Cooper died suddenly on 20 July 2019. He is survived by his children, the First and Second Claimants, who are now 16 years old and 14 years old respectively. He is also survived by the Claimants’ litigation friend, their mother (‘Ms Cooper’), who married Dr Cooper on 10 August …

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Skillett v Skillett [2022] WTLR 679

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JUDGMENT PHILIP MOTT QC: Introduction [1] The Claimant brings these proceedings to ask the court to propound in solemn form the will executed by his late father, Charles Skillett (the Testator), on 19 May 2011. The Defendant, his brother, objects on the grounds that their father lacked testamentary capacity and/or did not know and approve …

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Goodwin v Avison & ors WTLR(w) 2022-04

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JUDGMENT HHJ DAVIS-WHITE QC: [1] This is my judgment setting out the reasons for the making of a costs order on 17 August 2021 as regards the incidence of costs in this case. This followed the defendants having consented to the relief sought by the claimant part way through the trial and, on the basis …

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Wrangle v Brunt & anr [2021] WTLR 1143

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JUDGMENT MR JUSTICE MICHAEL GREEN: Introduction [1] This is an appeal from the order of Master Teverson dated 15 July 2020. In fact, by the order of Mann J dated 2 November 2020, the Appellants’ application for permission to appeal Master Teverson’s order and the appeal itself were directed to be heard together in a …

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Sangha v Sangha & ors WTLR(w) 2021-12

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JUDGMENT DEPUTY MASTER BOWLES: [1] Hartar Singh Sangha (Hartar) died on 3rd September 2016, in Chandigarh, in the Punjab region of India, aged 72. He had been the owner of very substantial assets in India and in the United Kingdom. These two Claims are concerned with the validity of Hartar’s wills and the devolution of …

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Davey & anr v Bailey & ors [2021] WTLR 487

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JUDGMENT HHJ JARMAN QC: [1] These proceedings concern the proper distribution of the estates of a devoted married couple, Alan and Margaret Bailey, who each died at the age of 71 within months of each other in 2019. They had no children. Each left a will dated 28 May 2009 in which each appointed the …

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The British University in Dubai v Ebrahimi [2021] WTLR 703

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JUDGMENT HHJ DAVIS-WHITE QC: Introduction [1] The issue before me is a simple one of fact: did two individuals validly attest (or for present purposes witness) the will of the late Professor Robert Whalley dated 3 May 2018 (the ‘2018 Will’) on the 3 May 2018 in accordance with s9 of the Wills Act? If …

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Sangha v Sangha & ors [2023] WTLR 1561

Sangha v Sangha & ors [2022] WTLR 1561

Wilson & anr v Spence & anr WTLR(w) 2022-09

Cooper & anr v Chapman & ors [2022] WTLR 895

Skillett v Skillett [2022] WTLR 679

Goodwin v Avison & ors WTLR(w) 2022-04

Wrangle v Brunt & anr [2021] WTLR 1143

Sangha v Sangha & ors WTLR(w) 2021-12

Davey & anr v Bailey & ors [2021] WTLR 487

The British University in Dubai v Ebrahimi [2021] WTLR 703