Inheritance & estates
5 case notes in this category. Outcomes depend on the facts of each matter and do not indicate a repeatable result.
Administering an estate that spans two countries
A person has died leaving assets in China and abroad, with heirs in more than one country and possibly more than one will.…
A UK will and a Chinese property: two procedures, not one
A UK-domiciled estate included a property in China. The will had never been given effect in China, and the family assumed the UK probate covered every…
The Yan Family Garden inheritance dispute: 17 heirs, worldwide, settled by mediation
A historic Shanghai property, 17 heirs spread across the world, and a dispute that had run for more than a decade. The court worked from the family re…
Overturning a witnessed will: an additional 12.5% share
Acting for a daughter against her stepmother: the witnessed will relied on was set aside, and the client obtained an additional 12.5% share over and a…
Six siblings, one old house, and a mediation ruling issued the same day
Six siblings had disputed their father's house for years. A structured community mediation process produced agreement in a single session, with a cour…