Hearings
England & Wales
27 May 2020 [2020] EWHC 1330 (Ch); [2020] Ch 692; [2020] 3 WLR 440; [2021] 2 All ER 738; [2020] WLR(D) 356, Ch D (Judge Paul Matthews sitting as a High Court judge)
In re Challen, decd
Additional names
Challen v Challen
Subject Matter
ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES — Public policy — Manslaughter of testator — Claimant’s conviction for murdering husband quashed and retrial ordered — Claimant pleading guilty to manslaughter — Claimant claiming order modifying effect of forfeiture rule to enable her to take gift under husband’s will — Whether claim brought within three months of “conviction” as required by statutory time limit — Whether time running from conviction for murder or conviction for manslaughter — Whether claimant convicted of manslaughter when pleading guilty or when sentenced — Forfeiture Act 1982 (c 34), s 2(3)
[2020] EWHC 1330 (Ch); [2020] Ch 692; [2020] 3 WLR 440; [2021] 2 All ER 738; [2020] WLR(D) 356, Ch D