Colin Johnston v Lady Natalie Elsie Wackett [2019] EWHC 3353 (Ch)

Mr Edwin Johnson QC, sitting as a Deputy Judge of the High Court, handed down judgment in Colin Johnston v Lady Natalie Elsie Wackett [2019] EWHC 3353 (Ch), a claim for an order under Section 2 of the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975. The judgment includes important guidance as to the correct application of the judgment of the Supreme Court in Ilott v The Blue Cross and others [2017] UKSC 17 in the context of claims under the 1975 Act brought by adult children of the deceased.

Romie Tager QC and Maxwell Myers acted on behalf of the Defendant.