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Forfeiture: Sins of the fathers
Ruth Moore sums up planned changes to the Forfeiture Act ‘The Forfeiture Act 1982 formalised case law and worked on the principle that you should not be able to benefit from your crime. If you were named as a beneficiary in a will or on intestacy then the Act operated to deny murderers a right …
Cases Referenced
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- Gray v Barr [1970] 2 QB 626; [1971] 2 QB 554
- R v Chief National Insurance Commissioner, ex parte Connor [1981] QB 758
- Re DWS [2000] EWCA Civ 282
- Re Giles [1972] Ch 544
- Re Royse [1985] 1 Ch 22