London Court Slaps Brother-In-Law With £490k Bill After Losing £5m Estate Fight
A London court has ordered a man to pay hefty legal costs after losing a dispute over his late brother’s multimillion-pound estate. The widow challenged trust documents that reduced her share of four London properties. The judge found these declarations to be a sham designed to block her and her children from inheriting. Deputy Master Timothy Bowles described the documents as a “fiction.” He ordered the brother-in-law to cover about £490,000 in legal fees, plus interim payments of £155,000 for the widow’s legal costs, £319,000 for estate administrators, and £17,000 personally. The ruling restores the properties to the late investor’s estate, boosting the assets available for his widow and their two children.
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