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What is the financial impact of forfeiture?

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Lessons for executors: out-of-time 1975 Act claims

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Inheritance fights are on the rise: here’s why and what to do if it happens to you

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Beneficiary refusing to engage

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Proprietary Estoppel: Highlighting the breadth of remedy

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Michelmores successfully defends proprietary estoppel and probate claim over Farm in Devon

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Modernising Wills: revolutionary or evolutionary?

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Jointly owned property claims: can an express declaration of trust be overridden?

Probate Industry Awards 2025

Michelmores celebrates major wins at the Probate Industry Awards 2025

Michelmores Partner named as one of the UK’s top 100 lawyers

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Hirachand v Hirachand – success fees clarified by Supreme Court in landmark decision

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What can I do if I think someone is not managing a Power of Attorney or Deputyship properly?

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Challenging a Will on the ground of Fraudulent Calumny

Chambers UK 2025

Excellent results for Michelmores in Chambers UK 2025

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When does someone have capacity to marry?

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