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14th Feb 2024
Richard Dew appeared for the Claimant in this probate claim, instructed by Nicola Bushby of Boodle Hatfield. The Judge found that two of the deceased’s children procured a will at a time when the testator had no ability to understand it. The will was set aside on the grounds of lack of capacity, want of knowledge […]
8th Mar 2022
Richard Dew successfully resisted an application to remove the Claimant’s wife from acting as his litigation friend in Shirazi v Susa Holdings Establishment & Anor [2022] EWHC 477 (Ch). The family dispute concerns substantial transfers to entities controlled by the Claimant’s son, at a time when it is alleged the Claimant lacked capacity. The Claimant’s […]
8th Mar 2021
Richard Dew successfully defends a claim asserting that Norwegian inheritance applies to the estate of an individual who had lived in Norway but died domiciled in Wales – and at the same time shows that the earlier decision in Banks v Natwest Bank regarding the principles of ademption (which he also appeared in) did not […]
27th Aug 2020
Richard Dew recently appeared before Chief Master Marsh in Cotterell and Cutsem v Allendale and Beaumont [2020] EWHC 2234. The case clarified an important point of principle for practitioners—whether section 57 of the Trustee Act 1925 permits the court to vary trustees’ management or administration powers generally, or whether a specific transaction must be envisaged. […]
1st May 2018
Ten Old Square’s Richard Dew acted for the siblings in the recent hearing to determine the validity of a second will of a dying millionaire, who signed over almost half of his estate to his carer in the final days before he died. Donna Henderson “guided the hand” of retired London banker Marcel Chu to […]
17th Apr 2018
Ten Old Square’s Richard Dew is speaking at the American Bar Association (ABA) Annual Conference 2018 in New York in April in the section on international law on pre-marital agreements and succession regimes. It promises to be a comprehensive and informative conference exploring the fusion of private and public law, with a number of experts from around the […]
12th Apr 2018
Ten Old Square’s Francis Barlow KC, Simon Taube KC and Eason Rajah KC, together with Susannah Meadway and Richard Dew, are recommended for their private client expertise in Who’s Who Legal UK Bar 2018. The “three silks from Ten Old Square are highlighted …. for their impressive work in the private client space”. In particular, Head […]
