Wills, probate and the administration of estates, trusts and trustees, the Court of Protection and mental capacity, and charities.
Civil ProcedureThe Business and Property Courts (Commercial Court)29 Nov 2022[2022] EWHC 2954 (Comm)Added 24 Aug 2026
The claimant, referred to as LMN, is a company incorporated in England and Wales which operates a cryptocurrency exchange. Its case is that it does not hold customers' cryptocurrency on trust but holds it in its own name, owing a…
Private ClientThe Court of Protection12 Oct 2022[2022] EWCOP 45Added 24 Aug 2026
The case concerned a 46-year-old woman, referred to as Anna or AH to protect her privacy, who lives in a city in the North West of England and suffers from type 1 diabetes. Treated properly and consistently with insulin she can…
Private ClientThe Court of Protection8 Feb 2017[2017] EWCOP 2Added 24 Aug 2026
RY, an 81-year-old retired engineer from Port Talbot, suffered a cardiac arrest in June 2016 after what was probably a cardiac rhythm disturbance, with a prolonged delay before CPR began. Although heart function returned, CT…
Private ClientThe Court of Protection22 Jan 2016[2016] EWCOP 10Added 24 Aug 2026
CS is a young woman with two children who, until shortly before Christmas, was in a relationship with the father of her younger child, a relationship said to have become characterised by domestic violence. In early December 2015…
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…
Tort / Personal InjuryThe Court of Appeal of England and Wales (Civil Division)3 Feb 2009[2009] EWCA Civ 153Added 24 Aug 2026
Dr Seray-Wurie was a trustee and former chair of the East End Citizens' Advice Bureaux, a registered charity. On 24 August 2007 the Charity Commission of England and Wales published on its website an inquiry report into EECAB. Dr…
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…
Property / Real Estate LawThe Court of Appeal of England and Wales (Civil Division)20 May 2004[2004] EWCA Civ 632Added 24 Aug 2026
The dispute arose within the extended family of C. B. Shah, who died in 1984 leaving twelve children — six sons and six daughters. From about 1966 Ratilal and Rajnikant came to the United Kingdom and started a drapery business in…