Gatehouse Chambers, 1 Lady Hale Gate, Gray’s Inn, London, WC1X 8BS
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Gatehouse Chambers’ Private Client Team will be hosting an insightful seminar marking 50 years of the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975. This milestone presents a timely opportunity to reflect on the Act’s impact over the past five decades and consider whether it remains fit for purpose in today’s legal and social landscape.
Date: 8 May 2025
Time: 12:00pm – 5:00pm
Location: Gatehouse Chambers
Join our leading legal experts and practitioners, together with academics, as they discuss key developments and the future of inheritance law.
Programme
𝐂𝐨𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 – 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐤?
Cameron Stocks will explore the differing treatment of spouses and claims made by cohabitants and consider the scope for reform in how we treat cohabiting couples in the modern age.
𝐁𝐚𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐬: 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭, 𝐯𝐮𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬
Alison Meacher and Charlotte John will explore the role of conduct in claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 in shaping outcomes. They will also consider the treatment of vulnerable parties, drawing on best practice from the Family Court and Court of Protection to ask whether greater procedural safeguards and trauma-informed approaches are needed in the Chancery Division.
𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬: 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠
Matthew Hodson and William Golightly will discuss the current difficulties in advising clients on the quantification of claims and whether reform to a more systematic approach is desirable.
𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐥 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧
A panel discussion led by Brie Stevens-Hoare KC and Brian Sloan will answer: is the 1975 Act till fit for purpose? Where do we go from here?
