In policies we trust

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In the famous words of Benjamin Franklin, in this world nothing can be said to be certain except death and taxes. Many mistakenly believe, however, that inheritance is the same.

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...

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