by Reception | Jul 31, 2018 | Estate Disputes
A son who claimed his mother’s partner of 20 years was merely a “lodger” in her home has been ordered to hand him more than half of his £725,000 inheritance. James Campbell, 35, claimed his mother Sarah Campbell had told him her estate would be “all yours” when she...
by Reception | Jul 27, 2018 | Estate Planning
Millennials may be a young generation with death the last thing on their minds, but they also need estate planning advice. Millennials are a loosely defined group of people born between approximately 1981 to 1996, some of whom have garnered a notorious reputation for...
by Reception | Jul 24, 2018 | Estate Disputes
Tom Benson was the billionaire owner of sports teams in New Orleans and businessman who died this year. But the estate battle over his fortune began before his death, amid accusations of undue influence. A lawsuit filed in January 2015 claimed that Benson was being...
by Reception | Jul 20, 2018 | Estate Planning
As much of our lives migrate to the digital sphere, can you write a digital will? A Michigan court of appeals decided this week that, despite a mother’s plea, a message left behind by her 21-year-old son on his cellphone is valid as a will. Lanora Jones, 49, the...
by Reception | Jul 17, 2018 | Will Challenges
A family in the United kingdom have commenced a legal battle over a fortune worth hundreds of millions of pounds. Patriarch Manny Davidson spent a lifetime building up a property business, and set up a trust for his children in an attempt to avoid inheritance tax. But...
