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Recent Cases

  • CASES

    February 21, 2022

    Wills & Trusts

    Bracey v Curley [2022] EWHC 359 (Ch)

    Joss acted for the defendant in Bracey v Curley [2022] EWHC 359 (Ch) a claim for the construction and/or rectification of a will before Philip Mott QC – sitting as a deputy high court judge in

  • CASES

    February 10, 2022

    Wills & Trusts

    Dunbabin & Ors v Dunbabin [2022] EWHC 241 (Ch)

    Alex Troup, instructed by Hugh James, represented the successful claimants in the case of Dunbabin & Ors v Dunbabin [2022] EWHC 241 (Ch), a case concerning the law of severance. The main issue in the case was whether

  • CASES

    February 1, 2022

    Inquests & Public Inquiries, Wills & Trusts

    Leeson v Mcpherson

    Leslie Blohm QC (leading Tom Gosling of 23 ES Chambers) has been instructed by Glaisyers in the high-profile case of Leeson v Mcpherson where he appeared for the claimants, Leesons family.

  • CASES

    January 30, 2022

    Disputed Wills, Wills & Trusts

    Kindred v. Warhurst [2022] EWHC 1100 (Ch)

    A decision of HHJ Russen (sitting as a High Court Judge) regarding strike out applications in connection with a dispute over the beneficial ownership of a yacht.

  • CASES

    October 11, 2021

    Wills & Trusts

    Baston v Osment & Fox & others [2021]

    Natasha Dzameh successfully represented a claimant who had applied for removal of a lay executor and a professional executor, the estate not having been administered for circa 6 years. The application was opposed by the lay

  • CASES

    June 15, 2021

    Disputed Wills, Wills & Trusts

    Hughes v Pritchard and others [2021] EWHC 1580 (Ch)

    The High Court has recently handed down judgment in the case of Hughes v Pritchard and others [2021] EWHC 1580 (Ch) following a hybrid trial conducted in person and remotely, with some of the evidence being given in

  • CASES

    February 26, 2021

    Trusts, Wills & Trusts

    Davey v Bailey [2021] EWHC 445 (Ch)

    Judgment was handed down today in the case of Davey v. Bailey [2021] EWHC 445 (Ch), in which Alex Troup, instructed by Graham Evans & Partners, acted for the successful Defendants.

  • CASES

    January 29, 2021

    Wills & Trusts

    Morrell v Morrell, 2021 EWHC 117 (Ch)

    John Dickinson was successful in obtaining for his clients an order in a Part 8 claim to rectify a deed of variation that varied Gillian Morrell's will, so as to provide that £450,000 from the half

  • CASES

    November 30, 2020

    Wills & Trusts

    O’Neill v Holland [2020] EWCA Civ 1583

    Requirements for pleading and establishing detrimental reliance in constructive trust claim against sole owner of property.

  • CASES

    June 8, 2020

    Wills & Trusts

    Sofer v Swissindependent Trustees SA [2020] EWCA Civ 699

    Leslie Blohm QC and Alex Troup of the Wills & Trust Team, instructed by Burges Salmon LLP, represented the successful Appellant, Robert Sofer, in the case of Sofer v. Swissindependent Trustees SA [2020] EWCA Civ 699.

  • CASES

    May 28, 2020

    Wills & Trusts

    Challen v Challen [2020] EWHC 1330 (Ch)

    The High Court in Bristol (HHJ Matthews) has granted Sally Challen relief from the forfeiture arising from her killing of her husband Richard in 2010.

  • CASES

    April 1, 2020

    Wills & Trusts

    Sofer v SIT [2020] EWCA Civ 699

    Considered the requirements for pleading a dishonest breach of trust against trustees.