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Update from the courts Premium Content

Paul Hewitt, Paola Fudakowska & Adam Cloherty discuss recent cases

16 October 2008
Who benefits? Premium Content

Paul Hewitt and Paola Fudakowska report on beneficial ownership

25 September 2008
Will disputes on the rise

Wills and probate

04 September 2008
WILLS

Roberts v Gill & Co [2008] EWCA Civ 803, [2008] All ER (D) 162 (Jul)

24 July 2008
Wills & probate update Premium Content

MENTAL CAPACITY ACT
UNDUE INFLUENCE

26 June 2008 / Paola Fudakowska / Paul Hewitt
WILLS

Scammell v Farmer [2008] EWHC 1100 (Ch), [2008] All ER (D) 296 (May)

12 June 2008
Will Update

News In Brief

29 May 2008
Death and taxes Premium Content

The Burden sisters could not have won their case without unravelling some of the fundamentals of the tax system, says Julian Washington

15 May 2008 / Julian Washington
Wills and Probate Update

Removal of Executor

WSPA, BUAV and Advocates for Animals v Bowman (Unreported) January 2008

08 May 2008 / Paola Fudakowska / Adam Cloherty / Paul Hewitt
Siblings lose inheritance tax battle

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01 May 2008
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