bars

Blog

buying a house at market value can amount to reasonable financial provision under the Inheritance Act

Reasonable Provision: An Update on Lewis v Warner

An update on the case of Lewis v Warner – a case which looked at reasonable financial provision under the Inheritance Act, which was appealed recently to the Court of Appeal. Claiming Reasonable Financial Provision under the Inheritance Act 1975 Under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975, dependants of a deceased person can claim reasonable financial provision when the will does not adequately provide for them. We’ve […]

Lewis v Warner looks ta reasonable financial provision under the Inheritance Act where a common law spouse has his own independent means

Reasonable Financial Provision – Lewis v Warner

Can the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 help someone who is able to provide for themselves? We look at the case of Lewis v Warner, in which a common law partner who sought to purchase the house where he had lived for the last 20 years and avoid eviction by the sole beneficiary of his deceased partner’s will. The Facts The deceased had left her entire estate […]

cross