Hearings
England & Wales
25 May 1979 [1980] Ch 444; [1979] 3 WLR 818, Ch D
In re Beaumont, decd
Additional names
Martin v Midland Bank Trust Co Ltd
Subject Matter
FAMILY PROVISION — Dependant — Maintained by deceased — Couple living as man and wife — Home owned by woman — Man paying for accommodation and contributing to household budget — Whether assumption of responsibility by woman for man's maintenance — Arrangements “immediately” before death — Whether “substantial contribution” towards maintenance “otherwise than for full valuable consideration” — Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975, ss 1 (1) (e) (3), 3 (4)
[1980] Ch 444; [1979] 3 WLR 818
PRACTICE — Chancery Division — Summonses — Adjournment to judge — Whether summonses to be heard first — Considerations where difficult point of law raised — RSC, Ord 32, r 14 (1)