Ilott and beyond: the Inheritance Act in the spotlight
On 11 April 2017, we held a half-day conference dealing with the implications of the Supreme Court decision in Ilott v Mitson, in which Penelope Reed QC and Hugh Cumber acted successfully for the appellant charities.
The programme included the following talks:
- Introduction by James Aspden of Wilsons LLP
- Reactions to and impressions of Ilott – Penelope Reed QC and Hugh Cumber
- Capitalising maintenance claims under the 1975 Act: Duxbury v Ogden Tables – Miranda Allardice
- Roberts v Fresco [2017] EWHC 283 (Ch) – In Dead Men’s Shoes? – Mark Baxter
- Testamentary freedom from a comparative perspective – Dr Brian Sloan
- Claims by cohabitees and the decision in Williams v Martin [2017] EWHC 491 (Ch) and other developments under the 1975 Act – William East