Hearings
England & Wales
22 Apr 1969 [1969] 1 WLR 1037; [1969] 3 All ER 31, CA
In re Thornley, decd
Additional names
Thornley v Palmer
Subject Matter
COURT OF APPEAL — Discretion of judge, matter within — Family provision — Reasonable provision for widow — Whether Court of Appeal may increase amount
FAMILY PROVISION — Widow — “Reasonable provision” — Discretion of judge — When Court of Appeal will interfere — Order for additional £100 a year made by judge — Amount increased on appeal — Whether realisation of capital improvident — Inheritance (Family Provision) Act, 1938, s 1 (1) (6) (as amended by Intestates' Estates Act, 1952, Sch 3)