The Weekly Law Reports
[2016] 3 WLR 1545
Chancery Division
Lewis
v
Warner
Warner
v
Lewis
[2016] EWHC 1787 (Ch)
2016 June 21;
July 18
Newey J
Family provision— Dependant— Maintained by deceased— Couple living together as husband and wife for 20 years in her house— Woman leaving estate to her daughter— Daughter claiming possession of house— Man having means to buy house— Whether ineligible for “financial provision” for his “maintenance”— Whether arrangement for full consideration representing financial provision for a person’s maintenance— Whether disposition of estate failing to make reasonable provision for man—
Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 (c 63) (as inserted by Law Reform (Succession) Act 1995 (c 41), s 2(4) and amended by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c 33), s 71, Sch 4(2), para 18), ss 1(2)(b), 3(2A)