Hearings
England & Wales
05 Mar 1999 [2001] Ch 568; [2000] 3 WLR 1910; [2000] 2 All ER 83, Ch D (Blackburne J)
09 Nov 2000 [2001] Ch 568; [2000] 3 WLR 1910; [2001] 1 All ER 97, CA
21 Feb 2001 (pet dis) [2001] 1 WLR 551, HL(E)
In re DWS, decd
Additional names
Subject Matter
PUBLIC POLICY — Administration of estates — Murder of intestate parents — Son convicted of murder — Son's forfeiture of right to estate as nearest next of kin — Whether son's issue entitled to deceased's estate — Administration of Estates Act 1925, ss 46(1)(i), 47 (as amended by Intestates' Estates Act 1952, s 1(2)(3))
[2001] Ch 568; [2000] 3 WLR 1910; [2000] 2 All ER 83, Ch D
[2001] Ch 568; [2000] 3 WLR 1910; [2001] 1 All ER 97, CA
Appellate History
In re DWS, decd [2001] Ch 568; [2000] 3 WLR 1910; [2000] 2 All ER 83, Ch D
Decision of Blackburne J affirmed
In re DWS, decd [2001] Ch 568; [2000] 3 WLR 1910; [2001] 1 All ER 97, CA