Rebecca Armstrong

Boy granted £50k from aunt’s estate as she had ‘taken on the role of mother’ 

November 7th 2022
 

A 12-year-old boy has been granted £50,000 from his late aunt’s estate on the basis that he had been treated as a child of the family.  Rebecca Armstrong Associate Solicitor reports on this recent case. The boy was taken in by his aunt shortly after his birth because his mother was unable to care for him herself.   The aunt acted as the boy’s main parental figure until her death in 2016. …

Legal ruling has implications for farming inheritance rows

October 26th 2022
 

A LANDMARK legal ruling could have far reaching implications in disputes over the future of family farms. Rebecca Armstrong, a Contentious Trust and Probate Specialist with Cartmell Shepherd Solicitors, said the judgment by the Supreme Court on Wednesday (October 19) would impact farming families who find themselves in legal battles over who will inherit the farm. Rebecca said: “The ruling was unusual in that it offered the parties a choice…

Siblings fail to overturn will involving the care of a parrot

October 6th 2022
 

Three siblings have failed to overturn their stepmother’s will after she left everything to her biological son. Rebecca Armstrong Associate Solicitor in our Will Claims team reports on this recent case. The son claimed that his mother had changed the will after the siblings’ father died so that he could look after her parrot. The case involved 61-year-old Ian McLean and his siblings Sean and Lorraine, and their half-brother, a self-titled “Lord” Brett…

Man’s will found in draft form on computer ruled to be valid

July 25th 2022
 

The High Court has ruled that a man’s will that existed only in draft form on a computer, but which was signed by two reliable witnesses, should be accepted as valid.     Rebecca Armstrong Associate Solicitor in our Will Claims team reports on this recent case. This is a highly unusual decision because generally, the original will, signed in the presence of two witnesses present at the same time, must be produced after death in…

Voice UK star wins inheritance dispute with her viscount brother

March 7th 2022
 

The aristocratic singer and TV star Bo Bruce has won a court battle against her brother Thomas Brudenell-Bruce, Viscount Savernake, over their inheritance after their mother died. Rebecca Armstrong Associate Solicitor reports on this recent case. Bruce, whose full title is Lady Catherine Anna Brudenell-Bruce, was a runner up on the TV series, The Voice and has had chart success with the top 10 album, Before I Sleep. She and her…

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