Glowacki (deceased) v HMRCC [2007] UKSPC 00631
December 2011 #115By her will dated 8 February 2001, Gwendoline Enid Glowacki (Mrs Glowacki) gave her entire estate to her husband, Tadeusz Marian Glowacki (Mr Glowacki), subject to the payment of £25,000 to her sister Mrs McElney. Mrs Glowacki died on 21 March 2004 and Mr Glowacki died on 21 June 2004. Under his will, in the event that occurred, Mr Glowacki gave 6 Moore Walk, Myton Grange, Warwick (the property) to Mrs McElney and divided his net residuary estate equally between Mrs McElney as to one half and Mrs Wells, Mrs Minash and Mr Johnson (the nieces and nephew of Mrs Glowacki) as to the other hal...
Howell & ors v Lees-Millais & ors [2011] EWCA Civ 786
December 2011 #115The appellant trustees sought permission to appeal from a costs order. An application had been issued in December 2006 pursuant to which the trustees sought sanction to pursue claims for (inter alia) breach of trust. Three related beneficiaries (Lorna, Fiona and Marcus) resisted the application as defendants, save in respect of a negligence claim against solicitors. In July 2008, Lindsay J declined to sanction any of the claims (save for the negligence claim) and made clear that the trustees had acted in an inappropriately partisan way. Directions were given for a costs hearing,...