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Proprietary Estoppel: Your Questions Answered

Proprietary Estoppel is a legal ground on which you can enforce a promise about land or property which has been made to you, which has been broken and which it would be unconscionable to allow to be broken. Here are some questions and answers that we commonly discuss with clients.

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Published on 30 April 2025
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Residential Property The Wright Way: Property and Wills

In this insightful episode of Residential Property the Wright Way, host Richard Dundee, Partner in our Private Client team, and Toni Peppard, Senior Associate in our Residential Property team, unpack the crucial connection between property transactions and having a Will in place.

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Published on 16 April 2025
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Claiming your right: An introduction to Adverse Possession

Adverse possession allows an individual to gain legal ownership of a property by occupying it, without the original owner’s permission, for an extended period. The Land Registration Act 2002 gave landowners a little more control over their properties than they had previously but, as adverse possession is a complex area of property law, advice should be sought from a lawyer with appropriate experience.

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Published on 25 March 2025

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Will successfully overturned on the grounds of undue influence: The Estate of Anna Rea Deceased

On 26 July 2023, Judgment was handed down by His Honour Judge Hodge KC on the re-trial of the case of Rea v Rea [2023] EWHC 1901 (Ch). This is an interesting case being a rare example of a successful validity claim on the grounds of undue influence. What can we learn from this decision?

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Published on 03 August 2023
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Trust assets maladministered

I acted for the beneficiary of a trust who was concerned that trust assets to which he was entitled had been maladministered.

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Published on 15 June 2022
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How mediation resolved dispute over alleged trustee breach of duty

The period following the death of a family member is understandably emotional and tensions can be stoked by perceptions of unfair treatment even when the instructions set out in a will are being followed to the letter.

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Published on 01 April 2022