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Ademption: Common sense prevails
Christopher McNall sets out the lessons from a rare case of ademption ‘Ademption is a process whereby specific testamentary gifts fail because the subject matter of the gift has ceased to be part of the testatrix‘s property at the time of their death.‘ The decision of Norris J, sitting in Manchester as the Vice-Chancellor of …
Cases Referenced
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- Adams v London and Blackwall Railway Company (1850) 2 Mac & Gor 118
- Cronin v De Hamel [2017] WTLR 447; [2017] EWHC 1210 (Ch) (costs)
- Duttons Breweries Ltd v Leeds City Council [1982] 1 EGLR 27
- Harding v Metropolitan Railway Co (1872) 7 Ch App 154
- Haynes v Haynes (1861) 1 Drew and Sm 426
- HR Trustees Ltd v German & anor [2010] EWHC 321 (Ch)
- Marley v Rawlings [2011] WTLR 595 ChD; [2012] WTLR 639 CA; [2014] WTLR 299 SC; [2014] WTLR 1511 SC (costs)
- Munton v Greater London Council [1976] 1 WLR 649
- National Westminster Bank Plc v Lucas [2014] WTLR 637; [2014] EWHC 653 (Ch); [2014] EWHC 1683 (Ch)
- Re Buckton (No 2) [1907] 2 Ch 406
- Re Clifford [1912] 1 Ch 29
- Re Lewis‘s Will Trusts [1937] Ch 118
- Re Slater [1907] 1 Ch 665