Bad Behaviour and Broken Bonds: A Comparison of Conduct in 1973 and 1975 Act Claims

Fifty years ago, the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 was enacted in an expansion of the court’s statutory powers for financial provision on death.

• Journal

• Inheritance Act Applications
• Conduct
• Succession
• Inheritance

• Charlotte John
• Anita Mehta

!30/06/2025 06:00

Balancing the Books: Equitable Accounting in Trusts of Land Disputes

This article aims to provide the busy family practitioner with a fairly comprehensive guide to the what, where, when, and how of equitable accounting, specifically in the context of trusts of land, to assist you in getting such claims off on the right footing.

• Journal

• TLATA Applications
• Cohabitation
• Equitable Accounting

• Charlotte John
• Cameron Stocks

!22/11/2024 06:00

Just Deserts? Unjust Enrichment for Family Lawyers

In the aftermath of many family relationship breakdowns, second only to complaints about bad behaviour, a pervasive sentiment arises: one party believes they have invested or contributed disproportionately to the family economy, family assets or businesses, leading to perceived unfairness.

• Journal

• Unjust Enrichment

• Charlotte John

!21/11/2023 07:00

Are You There ChatGPT? It’s Me, Charlotte – ChatGPT, Generative AI and the Law

Readers will probably have heard by now of OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Many of you will have experimented with it, or one of the other available generative artificial intelligence (AI) models such as Microsoft’s Bing. If you have not yet utilised any of these new technologies, you will very likely have read about them. This article is based on my experience with this novel technology, chiefly ChatGPT.

• Journal

• AI

• Charlotte John

!16/05/2023 12:57

An Unwelcome Guest and a ‘lively controversy’ – Guest v Guest on the Essential Aim of Proprietary Estoppel

‘1. “One day my son, all this will be yours”. Spoken by a farmer to his son when in his teens, and repeated for many years thereafter. Relying on that promise of inheritance from his father, the son spends the best part of his working li…

• Journal

• Charlotte John

!27/03/2023 09:09

Predatory Marriage – The Great Inheritance Scam?

The term ‘predatory marriage’ is not a legal concept, but rather a convenient descriptor for a marriage entered into in circumstances where one party to the marriage is vulnerable and has been induced to enter into the marriage by the other pa…

• Journal

• Charlotte John

!13/10/2022 12:40