Succession & Estate Law

A family bungalow registered in one name was, in law, held on trust for three siblings. After more than fifteen years of deadlock, the High Court ordered it sold and the proceeds divided equally.

When a Muslim convert was excluded from her late father’s estate distribution, the Court of Appeal affirmed what the High Court had already decided: the Distribution Act 1958 does not bar a child from inheriting based on religion. The statutory exclusion applies to the deceased’s faith, not the beneficiary’s.