#SerleShare: Key Takeaways from Leonard v Leonard [2024] EWHC 321 (ChD)

In this article, Constance McDonnell KC and George Vare consider the recent case of Leonard v Leonard, in which they acted for the successful claimants (assisted by Anneliese Mondschein). Mrs Justice Joanna Smith DBE upheld the Claimants’ claims that their father, Dr Leonard, neither had capacity to execute his purported final will in October 2015, nor knew and approved of its contents. The issue of liability for the costs of the litigation will be determined in April 2024.

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Constance McDonnell KC

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