MR BRADFORD BARNABY MR ALPHONSO CONSTANTINE WYNTER (as personal representatives of the estate of Mrs Maudlin Bascoe)
V
MS PATRICIA JOHNSON (also known as Patricia Smith)
Analysis
Mrs Maudlin Bascoe (T) died on 29 August 2015. Cs sought to prove a will dated 27 April 2005 (the 2005 will) naming them as executors. C1 was T’s son. C2 was T’s former solicitor and the draftsman of her wills from 1988 2005. D was T’s daughter. T also had two other children – a son, G, (who pre-deceased her) and a daughter, B (who died after T in 2017).
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Counsel details
Toby Bishop (5 Stone Buildings, Lincoln’s Inn, London, WC2A 3XT, Tel: +44 (0)20 7242 6201, e-mail: 5sblaw.com) instructed by Hodders Law Ltd (50 Station Road, Harlesden, London, NW10 4UA, Tel: +44 (0) 808 168 8677, e-mail: enquiries@hodders.co.uk) for the Claimant. The Defendant appeared in person.
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