Inheritance Act Applications

Klein v Cripps Trust Corporation [2025] EWHC 688 (Fam)

Williams J. Judgment to determine reasonable financial provision under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 for the spouse and son of the deceased following limited provision for them in the Will and mismanagement of the Will by the executrix.

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

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

Introduction Fifty years ago, the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 (1975 Act) was enacted in an expansion of the court’s statutory powers for financial provision on death.[[1]] Two years earlier, Parliament had enacted the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (MCA 1973) to alter the court’s

Dignam-Thomas and Bebbington v McCourt and Another (Inheritance Act 1975) [2023] EWHC 546 (Fam)

Judgment date: 14 March 2023 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/fam/2023/546 Theis J. Application by two sisters in parlous financial and physical health for reasonable financial provision from their father’s estate, the estate having been left to their brother. Application was limited by 1975 Act to

Kaur v Singh and Others [2023] EWHC 304 (Fam)

Judgment date: 14 February 2023 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Fam/2023/304.html Peel J. Claim under the Inheritance Act 1975 for reasonable financial provision from her deceased husband under Part 8 of the CPR. The claim was undefended. The claimant sought half of the estate which

Paul v Paul & Ors [2022] EWHC 1638 (Fam)

Judgment date: 14 June 2022 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Fam/2022/1638.html Moor J. Application by K for reasonable financial provision from estate of her late husband S, and a declaration that the FMH in S’s sole name was held on constructive trust for herself

Chekov v Fryer & Fryer [2015] EWHC 1642

Judgment date: 23 June 2015 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Ch/2015/1642.html

Lewis v Warner [2017] EWCA Civ 2182

Judgment date: 19 December 2017 http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2017/2182.html