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UK Private Client update: wills, probate and trusts decisions; HMRC manuals and FA 2026 changes; tax avoidance powers; pensions ombudsman rulings; devolved and international notes—16 April 2026

Published on: 16 April 2026

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Contested Will claim for undue influence and lack of knowledge and approval failed (Gill v Gill)

The Chancery Division confirmed the 2011 Will as valid, rejecting the claimant’s case that it was the product of undue influence or that knowledge and approval were absent. It concluded the deceased appreciated the terms of the 2011 Will at the point of signing and understood its consequences. The court accepted that Ms Nijran, a solicitor, prepared the 2011 Will on the deceased’s instructions and rendered its contents into Punjabi for him prior to execution. The allegation of undue influence was dismissed, the court finding that the deceased and the first defendant had reconciled by...

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