Re Ducksbury, decd

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1966
Year1966
CourtChancery Division

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8 cases
  • Re Coventry, decd.; Coventry v Coventry
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 18 July 1979
  • Re Sivyer, decd
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • Invalid date
  • Espinosa v Bourke
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 17 December 1998
    ...may consider relevant." 20 The concept of `moral duty` or `moral claim` appears in the judgment of Buckley J in re Ducksbury deceased [1966] 1 WLR 1226 in which at page 1231 he spoke of the deceased owing "a moral duty to make some provision for this daughter". He said at page 1233 that:— "......
  • Ilot v Mitson
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 31 March 2011
    ...legislation and it is reflected in the passage from the judgment of Buckley J in ( Re Ducksbury (deceased) [1966] 2 All ER 374 at 380, [1966] 1 WLR 1226 at 1233) to which I have already referred, where, towards the end of his judgment, he says: … it is not for me to try to effect the sort ......
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1 books & journal articles
  • FAMILY PROVISION AFTER DEATH
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 1995, December 1995
    • 1 December 1995
    ...the order will expire on the husband’s death. 23 S 7(a), Women’s Charter. 24 S 7, rules 2 and 3, Intestate Succession Act. 25 [1966] 1 WLR 1226 at 1233. See also Williams, Mortimer and Sunnucks, Executors, Administrators and Probate by J.H.G. Sunnucks, J.G.R. Martyn and K.M. Garnett (1993),......