Estates Day 2026 – SOLD OUT!

The Business and Property Group are pleased to release their programme of talks for their upcoming Estates Seminar on Tuesday 3rd March.

Talks will cover trending topics across Wills, Estates and case updates followed by a workshop on Spousal Claims under the 1975 Act

Last year’s seminar was a sellout – so we encourage you to secure your place as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. If you need any further information, please do not hesitate to contact one of the clerking or marketing team.

Programme

9:00am – 9:45am Registration

9:45am – 9:50am Welcome
Louise Corfield

9:50am – 10:15am When Claims Loom – An Executor’s Guide to Handling Threatened Claims Against an Estate.
Jason Perrin

10:15am – 10:40am There’s no will, there’s a way – navigating and marshalling evidence to prove the contents of lost wills.
Imogen Halstead

10:40am – 11:05am Secret Trusts and Summary Judgment: Court of Appeal’s decision in Lorenz v Caruana [2025] EWCA Civ 606.
Emma Williams

11:05am – 11:25am Drinks Break

11:25am – 11:50am Foreign marriages and the revocation of Wills.
Glenn Willetts

11:50am – 12:15pm Foreign Affairs: English Assets and Foreign Wills. Lessons from Jennison v Jennison.
Rowena Meager

12:15pm – 2:00pm Lunch

2:00pm – 2:25pm Update on Lack of Testamentary Capacity – a Cautionary Tale.
David Mitchell

2:25pm – 2:50pm The Wills Act 1837: Time for a Change?
Greg Leckey

2:50pm – 3:00pm Break

3:00pm – 4:30pm Workshop: Spousal Claims under the 1975 Act
Louise Corfield, Harrison Burroughs, Jake Acock

A practical and interactive workshop session, based around problem scenarios, which will be designed to explore and recap the Courts’ approach to:

• The divorce cross-check,
• Fossilised and legally void marriages, and
• Matrimonialised property.

4:30pm onwards Conference close followed by drinks reception