The month of October saw the following:
- Advised residue beneficiaries regarding the administration of a death estate. The personal representatives have retained the services of unregulated ‘lawyers’ who are charging a fortune to the estate in fees.
- Was instructed to represent Claimants in an interim hearing (strike out, applications regarding evidence and limitation) where it became apparent that one of the Defendants’ mental capacity was in issue.
- Represented a co-owner of a property in a disposal hearing for unpaid rent. The other side’s offer at the doors of the court was easily beaten in the hearing.
- Advised an executrix regarding a claim made by an adult child under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975. My advice framed the strategy for a mediation the week after resulting in a successful outcome.
- Advised a defendant regarding a boundary dispute which included a defence by virtue of section 98 of the Land Registration Act 2002.
- Settled various statement of cases including:
- reply and defence to counterclaim for proceedings for an equitable account;
- particulars of claim for a probate action primarily on the basis of insane delusions; and
- particulars of claim for a declaration that a deceased died intestate by reason of a will having been revoked by marriage (the marriage not being accepted by the beneficiaries of the will).
