In policies we trust

Earlier this month, the Supreme Court overruled a lower court's previous ruling on the size of an award paid to a daughter from her estranged mother's estate.   The mother had made no provision in her will for her adult daughter, instead choosing to leave her estate of nearly £500,000 to three charities. She had also left an instruction to her executors to resist any claim made on her estate by the daughter.   Following the mother's death, a district judge awarded the daughter £50,000 from the estate for her maintenance, a figure subsequently increased by the Court of Appeal t...