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Probate

Priti Patel v Nicholas O'Sullivan & Ors

The High Court upheld a July 2020 will, finding Kantaben Patel knew and approved its contents and was not unduly influenced. It also held a £35,000 loan remained outstanding.

  • Validity of will
  • Undue influence
  • Knowledge and approval
  • Loan dispute
  • Executor duties
  • Probate
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Probate [2026] EWHC 801 (Ch)

Patel v O'Sullivan & Ors (Re Estate of Kantaban Ratilal Patel)

Patel v O'Sullivan & Ors (Re Estate of Kantaban Ratilal Patel) [2026] EWHC 801 (Ch) (02 April 2026)

The High Court upheld a July 2020 will, finding the deceased knew and approved its contents and that no undue influence was proved. It also held a £35,000 loan remained outstanding.

  • Validity of will
  • Knowledge and approval
  • Undue influence
  • Outstanding loan
  • Executor duties
  • Probate
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Probate [2026] EWHC 745 (Ch)

Ugolor & Ors v Ugolor & Anor

Ugolor & Ors v Ugolor & Anor [2026] EWHC 745 (Ch) (27 March 2026)

The High Court refused probate of a disputed will, finding that although capacity was not disproved, knowledge and approval were not established.

  • Testamentary capacity
  • Knowledge and approval
  • Undue influence
  • Validity of will
  • Intestacy
  • Constructive trust
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Probate [2026] EWHC 848 (Ch)

Gill v Gill & Anor (Re the Estate of Pal Singh Gill)

Gill v Gill & Anor (Re the Estate of Pal Singh Gill) [2026] EWHC 848 (Ch) (03 February 2026)

The High Court upheld the 2011 will of Pal Singh Gill, finding he knew and approved it and that it was not procured by undue influence.

  • Validity of will
  • Undue influence
  • Knowledge and approval
  • Revocation of will
  • Intestacy
  • Probate
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Probate [2026] EWHC 100 (Ch)

Ginger & Ors v Mickleburgh & Ors

Ginger & Ors v Mickleburgh & Ors [2026] EWHC 100 (Ch) (23 January 2026)

Probate dispute over Michael Gwilliam’s 2014 will. The court found he lacked testamentary capacity because of delusions and also found fraudulent calumny.

  • Testamentary capacity
  • Fraudulent calumny
  • Validity of will
  • Intestacy
  • Mental health and testamentary disposition
  • Probate
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Probate [2025] EWHC 2438 (Ch)

Jenkins & Anor v Evans

Jenkins & Anor v Evans [2025] EWHC 2438 (Ch) (03 October 2025)

The High Court upheld Robert Glyn Evans’s 2017 will, finding testamentary capacity, knowledge and approval, and no undue influence, and dismissed the counterclaim.

  • Testamentary capacity
  • Knowledge and approval
  • Undue influence
  • Validity of will
  • Executorship
  • Equitable charge
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Succession law

Carolyne Mary Parfitt v Victoria Jane Jones & Anor

Probate trial on a disputed will. The court upheld the 2008 will, finding Mary Wadge had capacity, was not unduly influenced, and knew and approved it.

  • Testamentary capacity
  • Undue influence
  • Knowledge and approval
  • Validity of will
  • Probate
  • Testamentary-capacity
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Probate [2025] EWHC 1552 (Ch)

Parfitt v Jones & Anor

Parfitt v Jones & Anor [2025] EWHC 1552 (Ch) (24 June 2025)

The High Court upheld Mary Barbara Wadge’s will, finding she had testamentary capacity, was not unduly influenced, and knew and approved its contents.

  • Testamentary capacity
  • Undue influence
  • Knowledge and approval
  • Validity of will
  • Intestacy
  • Probate
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Probate [2025] EWHC 461 (Ch)

Packer v Packer (Re Estate of Stephen George Packer)

Packer v Packer (Re Estate of Stephen George Packer) [2025] EWHC 461 (Ch) (28 February 2025)

The High Court held that Stephen George Packer died intestate, rejecting a disputed 2022 will for lack of due execution and because any draft was likely revoked.

  • Intestacy
  • Validity of will
  • Due execution
  • Presumption of revocation
  • Joint tenancy
  • Testamentary capacity
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Probate

The British Diabetic Association v Elizabeth Anne Chenery

The two cardboard documents, written and intended as a whole, contain clear testamentary dispositions, were executed and attested in accordance with the Wills Act 1837, and the law presumes both pages were present at execution. There is no evidence to rebut this presumption. The British Diabetic Association is the intended beneficiary and entitled to probate.

  • Validity of will
  • Testamentary capacity
  • Incorporation of documents
  • Execution requirements
  • Intention to benefit charity
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