Re Leach (Deceased) Leach v Lindeman and Others

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1985
Year1985
CourtCourt of Appeal (Civil Division)
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6 cases
  • The Estate of Neil Douglas Archibald deceased v Alistair James Stewart
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 12 October 2023
    ...and duties of two persons who, in regard to each other, stand in the relationship of parent and child.” 43 In In re Leach, decd [1986] Ch 226, the Court of Appeal was concerned again with a claim by an adult step-child. In his judgment, Slade LJ posed the question what was the nature of th......
  • (first) Brenda Gray And Others Against The Advocate General For Scotland
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Session
    • 1 December 2016
    ...However, there was one case which I thought was of assistance in the interpretative exercise. In the case of Leach v Lindeman and others 1986 Ch 226 the Court of Appeal in England and Wales considered whether an adult child could come within the definition of “child” in terms of section 1(1......
  • Re Abram (Deceased)
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • Invalid date
    ...deceased, Re[1995] 1 FCR 257; [1994] Ch 286; [1994] 3 WLR 67; [1994] 3 All ER 27. Leach, deceased, Re; Leach v Lindeman and Others [1986] Ch 226; [1985] 3 WLR 413; [198512 All ER 754. Williams v Johns [1988] 2 FLR 475. Matthew Caswell for the plaintiff. Guy Newey for the defendant JUDGE ROG......
  • Low Guang Hong David and others v Suryono Wino Goei
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 3 May 2012
    ...reason, he argued that this possibility did not appear in the records as a matter of concern for Parliament. Citing Re Leach (deceased) [1985] 3 WLR 413 and Re Callaghan (deceased) [1985] Fam 1, he further argued that the double-dipping problem would be mitigated in cases where the step-chi......
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  • Family Provision
    • Jamaica
    • Non-Contentious Probate Practice in the English Speaking Caribbean
    • 21 September 2013
    ...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 All ER 754, Re Callaghan ( dec’d ) [1984] 3 All E.R. 790. 72 Section 10 Family and Dependants Provision Act 22/1990. 73 Section 11 Family and Dependan......
  • LINES DRAWN IN BLOOD: A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE ON THE ACCOMMODATION OF BLENDED FAMILIES IN SUCCESSION LAW.
    • Canada
    • 1 June 2020
    ...Act 1975, supra note 89, s 3(1). See e.g. Re Callaghan (1984), [1985] Fam 1, [1984] 3 WLR 1076 (Eng FamD); Re Leach (Deceased) (1985), [1986] Ch 226, [1985] 3 WLR 413 (Eng CA). See also Green, supra note 29 at 203ff; English Law Commission, Consultation Paper, supra note 117 at paras (167) ......

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