A former private school head girl has been accused of faking the will of her headmistress in an attempt to claim her £4.2 million estate. Leigh Voysey, 42, told the High Court that Maureen Renny, who was head of the Barn School, left her a £1.65 million house to save it from being sold to…
DetailsThousands of elderly people who bought pre-paid funeral plans from provider Safe Hands are in danger of not getting the funerals they paid for. This follows the stalling of talks between Safe Hands and the City regulator to ensure funerals are honoured post-July 29. This is when the Financial Conduct Authority begins regulating the funeral plans…
DetailsA man who claimed he offered to donate a lung to his sick father but was left virtually nothing in his will has won a High Court fight with his sister over the £100 million fortune. Kevin Reeves, a property tycoon, had four children – but his final will left 80 per cent of his…
DetailsCAMPAIGNERS have reacted with fury as inheritance tax receipts jumped 20 percent in a year, leaving Britons paying £600,000 more than a year ago. Tax experts warned this is only the start of inheritance tax (IHT) increases, and Britons should plan now or face handing more of their wealth to HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC). IHT receipts…
DetailsThe family of a grandmother who paid £1,200 into a funeral plan have been left baffled after the company offered to pay out just £240. Callum Taylor, 24, grandson of Christine Bailey, said the family had “no idea” his late grandmother had a plan in place with Safe Hands. It wasn’t until one month after Mrs Bailey…
DetailsIncreases in the size and weight of Dutch people are forcing the country’s funeral industry to introduce bigger coffins, more pallbearers, wider crematoria ovens and longer cremation times. A study by the NRC Handelsblad newspaper has found that the Dutch funeral is changing as people in the Netherlands get fatter. Official health statistics show that half of…
DetailsThe son of an illiterate millionaire who made a £4 million fortune from a scrapyard business has won a legal battle with his sister over their father’s will. Tom Goodwin, described in court as a “thrifty Yorkshireman”, had a keen business sense despite a “limited ability to read and write”. He began with a scrapyard…
DetailsJean Clitheroe, 76, left almost her entire estate to her son when she died in 2017 Jean, of Essex, cut ‘shopaholic daughter’ out, saying she would ‘fritter it away’ Judge ruled Jean died intestate because she was suffering from ‘delusions’ Son John challenged ruling in ground-breaking test case which sought to scrap 150-year-old inheritance law…
DetailsThe skeleton body of James ‘Anthony’ Sootheran, who once weighed 17 stone, was found on March 18, 2014, in his bedroom Lynda, 62, and Wayne Rickard, 66, were arrested and jointly charged with murdering the 59-year-old former auctioneer’s clerk A carer and her husband accused of starving their live-in landlord to death in a bid…
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