Category: Contentious probate
New wedding laws – will predatory marriages be prevented?
The Law Commission has just published far reaching recommendations to reform the law of weddings. Many of the changes are […]
Cut off without a penny… Ridley & Hall’s Top Tips for Survival
Your parent passes away – you’re just beginning to process what has happened. Then, another bombshell; their will is read […]
Mental Capacity and Wills; is the law out of date?
An appeal to the High Court reported in the Daily Mail on 29th March 2021 has brought attention to a […]
Mental Capacity and Wills; is the law out of date?
An appeal to the High Court reported in the Daily Mail on 29th March 2021 has brought attention to a […]
Inheritance Battle over ‘secret trust’
The Daily Mail has today reported on a case currently in the High Court involving a “bitter inheritance fight” brought […]
Court Decision on Forged Wills; Bad News for Fraudsters
A Judge has made a startling finding in a case about a forged Will which could lead to many more […]
The Inheritance Act and Minor Children
Can minor children make a claim against an estate? Yes. The Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 allows […]
The Will Judge’s Will; Valid or Not?
Lord Templeman was a highly respected High Court judge who laid down the ‘golden rule’ in the 1975 case of […]
Assisted dying and the law; why you can be disinherited for helping a loved one to die
A court case earlier this year has highlighted an astonishingly cruel quirk of the law, where a wife who helped […]
Disabled elderly lady not left enough money in her partner’s Will for a roof over her head
Imagine you (Mary) and your partner (Burt) have lived together for 15 years – you were not married and did […]
