Espinosa v Bourke and others

Publisher Citation:	[1998] All ER (D) 748
Court:	Court of Appeal, Civil Division
Judge:	Butler-Sloss, Aldous and Buxton LJJ
Representation	Alastair Norris QC and Ian Johnson (instructed by Leslie Harris Priestly Fisher, Thornton Cleveleys) for the appellant.
	Mark Herbert QC and Stephen Pritchett (instructed by Hill Dickinson, Liverpool) for the respondent.
Judgment Dates:	17 December 1998

Catchwords

Family provision - Daughter - Reasonable provision for maintenance - Father's will making no financial provision for daughter - Judge finding father had discharged moral obligation during lifetime - Whether judge in error to refuse to interfere with will - .

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