The court considered the validity and effect of a compromise agreement reached to settle dispute in administration of estate. The time for making a claim against the executor of an estate begins to run from the time when the executor has paid the costs, expenses, and other liabilities including pecuniary legacies.
Judges:
Chadwick, Thomas, Lloyd LJJ
Citations:
Times 01-Sep-2006, [2006] EWCA Civ 1124, [2007] 1 WLR 591
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
Considered – Re Pauling’s Settlement Trusts ChD 1962
Family money had been placed into a trust to be managed by a bank. It was said that the bank had wrongly advanced money to the daughter allowing her to fritter away large parts of the capital
Held: The bank had misunderstood the power of . .
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Wills and Probate, Limitation
Updated: 07 July 2022; Ref: scu.243995