Wills, probate and the administration of estates, trusts and trustees, the Court of Protection and mental capacity, and charities.
Private ClientThe Court of Protection (Tier 3 cases)7 Aug 2026[2026] EWCOP 37 (T3)
CG is a 36 year old woman with a chronic severe psychiatric illness, principally anorexia nervosa, complicated by emotionally unstable personality disorder and features consistent with complex trauma. She has undergone repeated…
Private ClientHigh Court (Property, Trusts and Probate List)6 Aug 2026[2026] EWHC 2086 (Ch)
The claimant, Alicia Lopez Batiller, and the first defendant, Clive Edwards, are wife and husband, estranged for some years. The claimant occupies a property known as Hillcrest, Leeswood in Flintshire under an occupation order…
Private ClientThe England and Wales High Court (Senior Courts Costs Office)4 Aug 2026[2026] EWHC 2090 (SCCO)
The claimant, Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, is the residuary beneficiary of the estate of Ms Margaret Anne Selby, who died on 20 November 2022 leaving a will dated 12 March 2020. By that will Ms Selby appointed as her…
Private ClientThe Business and Property Courts (Property, Trusts and Probate List)27 Jul 2026[2026] EWHC 2069 (Ch)Added 5 Aug 2026
The claimants, Mrs Alison Corbel and Mrs Veronica Elsden, brought a claim under CPR Part 8 in September 2024 for the removal of their brother, Mr Nigel Golding, as executor of the will of their late mother, Yvonne Golding. The…
Civil ProcedureThe King's Bench Division of the High Court23 Jun 2026[2026] EWHC 2075 (KB)Added 4 Aug 2026
The applicant, Ms Claudia Nestola, brought a claim as representative of her late father, Fernando Nestola, who died in August 2018 while residing in a care home operated by the First Defendant, Leicestershire County Care Ltd. His…
Private ClientThe Court of Protection (Tier 3 cases)4 Aug 2026[2026] EWCOP 34 (T3)
The application arose from a long-running feud within the Hinduja family, which led the multinational Hinduja Group. Srichand Hinduja (SP), the eldest of four brothers, signed a lasting power of attorney for property and…
Private ClientHigh Court (Business List)3 Aug 2026[2026] EWHC 1952 (Ch)
Northumbrian Water Limited (NWL) is the sponsoring employer of the Northumbrian Water Pension Scheme, which has been in significant deficit, funded at 81.5% as at the December 2022 valuation. Rules 4.9 and 4.10 of the WPS…
Private ClientThe Court of Protection (Tier 3 cases)24 Jul 2026[2026] EWCOP 31 (T3)Added 31 Jul 2026
AC, a 20-year-old woman with a moderate learning disability, a genetic microduplication condition, impaired mobility and some visual impairment, travelled to Pakistan with her mother CA, her maternal grandmother BC and a family…
Tax LawUpper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber)6 May 2026[2026] UKUT 289 (TCC)Added 31 Jul 2026
The appellant, Lexgreen Services Limited, established a trust in 2005 whose trustees were resident in Jersey. In 2020 HMRC issued Lexgreen with a notice of determination fixing it with liability to inheritance tax in respect of a…
Tax LawFirst-tier Tribunal (Tax)18 May 2011[2011] UKFTT 351 (TC)Added 6 Aug 2026
Dennis Golding died on 4 March 2007 aged 81, owning Blue Gates Farm at Brookhay Lane, Whittington, Lichfield, Staffordshire, comprising a three-bedroom listed farmhouse, adjacent agricultural buildings and 16.29 acres of land…
Tax LawSpecial Commissioners of Income Tax26 Jul 2006Added 6 Aug 2026
Mr Philip Phillips, a valuer and estate agent, began in business in the 1950s and by his death on 22 March 2000 owned shares in eight related family companies, among them P P Investments Limited, an unquoted company established…