Probate in UK Law

  • Michael Paul Goodman and Another (Appellants/Claimants) v Mina Goodman and Another (Respondents/Defendants)
    • Chancery Division
    • 18 Enero 2013
    ... ... to replace or remove personal representatives, applies in relation to a person named as an executor in a will but who has not been granted probate ... 2 The case concerns the estate of Mr Everard Goodman, who died on 17 April 2011. Mr Goodman left a will dated 15 December ... ...
  • Re D (Statutory Will) [Court of Protection: Manchester]
    • Chancery Division
    • 16 Agosto 2010
    ... ... best interests, is to order the execution of a statutory will, rather than to leave him to be remembered for having bequeathed a contentious probate dispute to his relatives and the beneficiaries named in a disputed will. I therefore hold that the Court of Protection should not refrain, as a ... ...
  • Earnshaw and Others v Hartley
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 31 Marzo 1999
    ... ... On 12th March 1998 the defendant obtained a grant of probate of the will of the son. By a summons issued on 11th June 1998 this action was commenced by the daughters against the defendant in the Halifax County ... ...
  • Randall v Randall
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 27 Mayo 2016
    ... ... H brought a probate claim to challenge the validity of the will alleging that it was not duly executed in accordance with the provisions of section 9 of the Wills Act ... ...
  • Marley v Rawlings and another
    • Supreme Court
    • 22 Enero 2014
    ... ... The procedural background ... 9 The appellant began probate proceedings, which came before Proudman J. She gave a judgment based on the understanding that his case was that Mr Rawlings's will ("the Will") ... ...
  • Gill v Woodall & Others
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 14 Diciembre 2010
    ... ... of Mr James Allen QC, sitting in the Leeds District Registry as a Deputy High Court Judge of the Chancery Division, revoking the grant of probate of the will of Joyce Gill (“Mrs Gill”), dated 27 April 1993. An initial summary of the facts ... ...
  • Marley v Rawlings and Another
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 02 Febrero 2012
    ... ... 6 Mr Marley began proceedings in the Chancery Division for probate of the will which came before Proudman J. Her judgment records that the claim advanced before her was only for rectification of the will and probate ... ...
  • Fuller v Strum
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 07 Diciembre 2001
    ... ... Jules Sher Q.C., sitting as a Deputy Judge of the High Court, on 20 December 2000 in a probate action. The judge pronounced for the force and validity of a Will only in respect of certain standard directions and one of five pecuniary legacies ... ...
  • Perrins v Holland and Others
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 08 Diciembre 2010
    ... ... The first two related to the grant of probate in solemn form, the third to certain of the orders as to costs ... 2 Permission to appeal on each of the three grounds was granted by ... ...
  • Wintle v Nye
    • House of Lords
    • 18 Diciembre 1958
    ... ... Schedule to the Legal Aid and Advice Act 1949": And it is further Ordered , That the Cause be, and the same is hereby, remitted back to the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division of the High Court of Justice with a Declaration, That the Will dated 4th August, 1937, of Kathleen Helen Wells is ... ...
  • See all results

VLEX uses login cookies to provide you with a better browsing experience. If you click on 'Accept' or continue browsing this site we consider that you accept our cookie policy. ACCEPT