Hearings
England & Wales
23 Oct 1985 [1986] Ch 505; [1986] 2 WLR 919; [1986] 1 All ER 611, Ch D
In re Collens, decd
Additional names
Royal Bank of Canada (London) Ltd v Krogh
Subject Matter
ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES — Order of application of assets — Intestacy — Widow's statutory legacy — Intestate domiciled in Trinidad — Widow taking benefit under compromise of litigation over Trinidad estate — Movable and immovable property in England — Whether immovable property to be charged with statutory legacy — Administration of Estates Act 1925, ss 33(4), 46(1), 49 (as amended by Intestates' Estates Act 1952, ss 1, 3)
[1986] Ch 505; [1986] 2 WLR 919
LAW REFORM — Whether necessary — Administration of estates — English immovable property regulated by lex situs — Whether amendment to law of domicile required