Alex joined Taylor&Emmet in 2015 after 14 years practising at a local Sheffield firm. He is a widely recognised expert in Inheritance, Will and Trust disputes and is one of only four solicitors in South Yorkshire who is a member of the Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists (ACTAPS). He is also heavily involved in the Northern Contentious Probate Solicitors Group. for more information on this topic email alex.watkinson@tayloremmet.co.uk or call him on 0114 218 4000.
The late Mrs June Clark made thirteen separate wills between 2004 and her death in 2016, all of which were deemed invalid because she executed a mirror will with her husband in 2000, which has been upheld as being a mutual will. Mutual wills are wills that are made by two or more individuals who contractually agree not to revoke… Read more →
Denzil Lush, the former Senior Judge of the Court of Protection has warned about the dangers of granting Lasting Powers Of Attorney to friends or relatives and has vowed that he would never sign one. A Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) is a legal document by which a person nominates others (their “attorneys”) to manage their affairs in the event… Read more →
A long-standing court battle between a number of charities and a daughter who had been left out of her mother’s Will has finally concluded, following a judgment of the Supreme Court which overturned the Court of Appeal’s previous decision and re-instated the original Judge’s decision. Some 13 years after the Deceased’s death and 10 years since the original decision, it… Read more →
On 28th January 2016, the Court of Appeal delivered its judgement in the case of Burns V Burns which represents the latest statement from the court regarding the law on mental capacity required to make a valid will and the basis upon which a will can be overturned. The appeal relates to the estate of Eva Burns who died in… Read more →
You may have seen in the news this week a story about a Court of Appeal decision given in the case of Watts v Watts, which left one of the two children of Valerie Watts facing a bill for £340,000 from his sister’s solicitors. The decision handed down by the Court of Appeal on 21 December 2015 was, in fact, an appeal against an… Read more →
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