Succession: consider what is just
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Pawlowski, Mark 
ORCID: 0000-0002-5473-5809
(2014)
Succession: consider what is just.
Trusts and Estates Law & Tax Journal (162).
pp. 8-11.
ISSN 1743-5501
Abstract
Mark Pawlowski explains the court’s power to relieve an unlawful killer from forfeiture of their victim’s estate
The common law rule of public policy, which prevents a person who has unlawfully killed another from profiting from that death, is intended to act as a disincentive to criminal activity and to reflect public conscience. At the same time, the Forfeiture Act 1982 is intended to militate against the strict application of this rule by giving the court power to grant relief to persons found guilty of unlawful killing (other than murder) from forfeiture of their inheritance and other similar rights. This article examines the forfeiture rule and comments on several cases that explored the nature and scope of relief currently available under the 1982 Act.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | succession, forfeiture, estates, relief against forfeiture, inheritance claim, murder, manslaughter |
| Subjects: | K Law > KD England and Wales |
| Faculty / Department / Research Group: | Faculty of Architecture, Computing & Humanities Faculty of Architecture, Computing & Humanities > Law & Criminology Research Group |
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| Last Modified: | 14 Dec 2016 10:51 |
| Selected for GREAT 2016: | None |
| Selected for GREAT 2017: | None |
| Selected for GREAT 2018: | None |
| Selected for GREAT 2019: | None |
| URI: | http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/12586 |
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