Heard this on the radio on the way in this morning, then read more details on the BBC website
Long & short of it, a mother disinherited her daughter in her last Will, written in 2002 and she died in 2004, leaving her £486,000 estate to Charities. The reason behind her decision is immaterial IMHO - she was of sound mind and made a calculating decision
The daughter has just successfully overturned that decision and won a 1/3 of her mothers estate.
Someone please tell me the point of having a Will if it can be ignored and/or challenged 
My father passed away a 7 years ago, he left a Will and i was an Executor. He left simple instructions and various bequests, some i was not happy about but what right did i have not to carry out his instructions? It wasn't my money. I simply wrote cheques as instructed and went about his wishes. I did not give it a thought that I would not carry out his final wishes.
Totally flabbergasted that a) someone would challenge a Will b) the Court has found in the daughters favour.
Again - what is the point of me/you/us having Wills?
