Wills & Trusts News Archive - August 2017
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22nd August 2017

It has been reported that national treasure Bruce Forsyth's will dictates that his whole estate, estimated to be £17 million, should be passed onto his wife, Wilnelia Merced. Transferring the wealth in this way avoids inheritance tax, a system which 'Brucie' has criticised in the past. Sir Bruce Forsyth, called... 





[](https://vardags.com/1)[### Deceased financier's "greedy" former girlfriend loses High Court bid for his millions in Joseph v Farrer & Co](https://vardags.com/1)22nd August 2017

A former girlfriend of Peter Cundill, has failed in her High Court bid to sue the millionaire financier's legal team after being refused payments from his trust fund. Tina Chantal Joseph, a Nigerian aristocrat and former model, sued solicitors firm Farrer & Co LLP for negligence after she was cut off from payments worth millions. Joseph became... [READ MORE](https://vardags.com/1)





[](https://vardags.com/2)[### Simon Sugar, barrister at 1 Garden Court, on inheritance claims and the Family Bar](https://vardags.com/2)22nd August 2017

Vardags was delighted to welcome Simon Sugar from 1 Garden Court to our London office last week to deliver an illuminating seminar on inheritance claims. A leading family law barrister with a background in private client work, Simon has had a great deal of experience handling claims where family and dependents have been left out of wills or... [READ MORE](https://vardags.com/2)