Ilott -v- Mitson: how will it affect future claims on Wills? – Halsbury’s Law Exchange

Posted August 4th, 2015 in appeals, charities, financial provision, news, wills by sally

‘No one can have avoided the recent publicity surrounding the case of Ilott -v- Mitson (2015). The case concerned the estate of the late Melita Jackson who died in 2004 and her estranged daughter Heather. Heather hadn’t been in touch with her mother since she left home at 17, 26 years previously, and who was excluded from her late mother’s Will. The daughter made a claim against Melita’s estate under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 (the Act) for reasonable financial provision.’

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Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 3rd August 2015

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