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Undue Delay in Probate Claims – Michael Selway
Not-So-Good Things Come to Those Who Wait… More on Undue Delay as a Bar to Probate Claims: Stephenson v Daley [2026] EWHC 53 (Ch) and Bowerman v Bowerman [2025] EWHC 2947 (Ch) 1. Over the last few months, the issue of undue delay and its ability to bar probate claims has come before the courts…
Read MoreTestamentary capacity evidence article – Oliver Mitchell
Evidence in testamentary capacity probate disputes: the elements forming the landscape A dispute about the capacity of a deceased testator to have made a will might start in various places. It might start with a will that is so unexpected that it gives rise to a suspicion that something must have gone wrong. It might…
Read MoreTeixeira write up – Zachariah Pullar
Teixeira v Moaven [2026] EWHC 1215 (Ch): claims against estates, s.423 and limitation post-THG v Zedra By Zachariah Pullar The decision of Master Bowles (sitting in retirement) (“the Judge”) in Teixeira v Moaven and ors [2026] EWHC 1215 (Ch) (“Teixeira”), handed down on 22 May 2026, is noteworthy for several reasons. It provides an example…
Read MoreGRIJNS COMMENT – Zachariah Pullar
Grijns v Grijns [2025] EWHC 1413 (Ch): a proprietary estoppel case note By Zachariah Pullar According to Sir Edward Coke in his Institutes on the Laws of England, “every estoppel ought to be reciprocal, that is, to bind both parties; and this is the reason, that regularly a stranger shall neither take advantage, nor be bound by the estoppel”…
Read MoreCosts on discontinuance – Nicholas Evans
In this article, Nicholas Evans provides an update on potential costs consequences in contentious probate cases following the High Court decision of Tucker v Felton-Page [2025] EWHC 530 (Ch) last year. Nicholas acted for the Claimant who discontinued her claim after her expert changed his opinion and agreed with the First Defendant’s expert that the…
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