Sentences with phrase «estate of the deceased client»

In this first - impression case, the Court of Appeal harmonized some apparently conflicting laws and ruled that the holder of an attorney lien need not file a creditor's claim in the probate estate of the deceased client.

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Nigel has recently appeared in litigation about the estate of a deceased Middle Eastern businessman; acted in a dispute between a financial consultant and a client about success fees; advised in a dispute about the transfer of a substantial importation and distribution contract; and acted in a dispute between a shipping conglomerate and a financial consultant in relation to attempts to raise major finance for investment in new container vessels.

In the trial decision, which can be found here, Madame Justice Griffin ordered a variation of the Deceased's will in favour of our clients, totalling 67 % of the residue of the estate.

If you're an estate planner, it's only a matter of time until someone asks you to turn over a deceased client's estate planning file.

Private client lawyers advise on all these matters and are involved in estate planning, the administration and distribution of the deceased's estate to beneficiaries and any litigation relating to the estate.

For example, among the cases summarized on the Legal Ombudsman website is a case of a client who had approached a law firm to defend a claim being made against her deceased husband's estate.