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NLJ this week: Caselaw from the ever-rising mountain of wills disputes

30 June 2023
Issue: 8031 / Categories: Legal News , Wills & Probate , Family
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The number of wills and inheritance disputes has risen in recent years

In this week’s NLJ,barristers Niamh Wilkie and Stephanie Coker, of 5 St Andrew’s Hill, investigate why, discuss with reference to caselaw the way in which these matters come before the courts, and set out what practitioners can learn from these cases.

They look at the complications arising from cohabitation without marriage and blended families. Rising property prices have made people more likely to dispute wills, while an alarming proportion of the population have not made a will. 

Issue: 8031 / Categories: Legal News , Wills & Probate , Family
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NEWS
The landmark Supreme Court’s decision in Johnson v FirstRand Bank Ltd—along with Rukhadze v Recovery Partners—redefine fiduciary duties in commercial fraud. Writing in NLJ this week, Mary Young of Kingsley Napley analyses the implications of the rulings
Barristers Ben Keith of 5 St Andrew’s Hill and Rhys Davies of Temple Garden Chambers use the arrest of Simon Leviev—the so-called Tinder Swindler—to explore the realities of Interpol red notices, in this week's NLJ
Mazur v Charles Russell Speechlys [2025] has upended assumptions about who may conduct litigation, warn Kevin Latham and Fraser Barnstaple of Kings Chambers in this week's NLJ. But is it as catastrophic as first feared?
Lord Sales has been appointed to become the Deputy President of the Supreme Court after Lord Hodge retires at the end of the year
Limited liability partnerships (LLPs) are reportedly in the firing line in Chancellor Rachel Reeves upcoming Autumn budget
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