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How an Out of Date Will Can Lead to Costly Litigation

24/08/202406/08/2019 by dwillis
out of date will and no reasonable financial provision

Out of Date Will and no reasonable financial provision

Having an out of date Will can mean no reasonable financial provision and  lead to unexpected and acrimonious litigation that can be very expensive. The recent case of  Martin v Williams [2017] EWHC 491 (Ch) illustrates this as follows:-

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Categories Private Client, Wills Tags maintenance, out of date Will, reasonable financial provision, unmarried couple
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