Re Dennis, decd
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Date | 1981 |
| Court | Chancery Division |
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75 cases
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Re Jackson (Deceased); Ilott v Mitson and Others
...maintenance to pay off his mortgage was, correctly, firmly rejected — see in particular at 298F. The summary of Browne-Wilkinson J in In re Dennis, deceased [1981] 2 All ER 140 at 145–146 is helpful and has often been cited with approval: "The applicant has to show that the will fails to ma......
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Ilot v Mitson
...Burke is also helpful for Butler-Sloss LJ's citation of and reliance upon the statement of Browne-Wilkinson J in Re Dennis (Deceased) [1981] 2 All ER 140 at 145 on the subject of what is meant by maintenance: -It is now clearly established that claims under the Act by persons other than sp......
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The Estate of Neil Douglas Archibald deceased v Alistair James Stewart
...set out in Berger v Berger [2014] WTLR 35 at [44], themselves distilled from earlier decisions of the court in Re Salmon [1981] Ch 167 and Re Dennis [1981] 2 All ER 140, as follows:- “ (1) The court's discretion is unfettered but must be exercised judicially in accordance with what is rig......
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Harlow v National Westminster Bank Plc and Others
...the plaintiff does not reasonably require any financial provision for his maintenance. 59 Although, as Browne-Wilkinson J noted in Re Dennis, deceased [1981] 2 All ER 140, 145, the court has declined to define the word "maintenance", both Mr. Blair and Mr. Leeming are content that we should......
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The Inheritance (Provision For Family And Dependants) Act 1975 ("The Act") ' Time To Bring A Claim?
...a detailed examination of the criteria above (arising from Berger v Berger [2013] EWCA Civ 1305, Re Salmon [1981] Ch 167 and Re Dennis [1981] 2 All ER 140] cannot be Specialist and expert advice should always be taken at the earliest opportunity to prevent your position from being prejudice......
4 books & journal articles
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Table of Cases
...EWCA Civ 1603, [2012] 1 FLR 1177, [2012] Fam Law 401, [2012] All ER (D) 55 (Jan) 172 Dennis (Deceased), Re; Dennis v Lloyds Bank Ltd [1981] 2 All ER 140, 124 Sol Jo 885, 131 NLJ 210, ChD 187–188 Devas & Others v Mackay [2009] EWHC 1951 (Ch), [2009] All ER (D) 09 (Aug) 97 xvi A Practitioner’......
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Claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975
...the solicitors in negligence. Two further factors were introduced by Browne-Wilkinson J in Re Dennis (Deceased); Dennis v Lloyds Bank [1981] 2 All ER 140: (a) The applicant must show that ‘he has an arguable case, a case fit to go to trial and that in approaching that matter the court’s app......
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Family Provision
...& Tobago - s.97(3) Succession Act 27/1981 66 [1980] 1 Ch.461. See also Re Jennings (dec’d) [1994] 3 All ER 670, Re Dennis (dec’d) [1981] 2 All E.R. 140. 67 [1996] 1 All E.R. 670. 68 [1967] 3 All E.R. 429 [1967] 1 WLR 1482. 69 [1994] 3 All E.R. 27. 70 Ibid. 71 Re: Leach ( dec’d ) [1985] 2 Al......
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2020 volume 1 p 088
...enable t he applicant in the fut ure to discharge the cost of his daily li ving at whatever standard of living is appropriate to him” (1981 2 All ER 140 145 – my kursivering). Behoudens ’n gedwonge inlees tot die wet, het die wetgewer die objektief onderhoudsversorgingsbehoef tige applikant......