Audrey Hepburn’s eldest son Sean Ferrer is being sued by The Audrey Hepburn Children’s Fund, the charity he helped establish because it says he is interfering with its attempts to raise money for children. Money was being raised largely by exhibiting her clothing – some created by fashion designer Givenchy. The charity is saying that…
It’s been a busy time of late at Wrigley Claydon solicitors Oldham as a number of personnel changes have taken place, including the retirement of a Senior Partner. Godfrey Pickles is retiring as Senior Partner and handing over to Vijay Srivastava. Mr Pickles has been with the firm for more than 30 years. He has…
The late actress Audrey Hepburn, who died in 1993, left memorabilia including hats, scarves, jewellery, posters, costumes, photos, scripts and awards, which caused a dispute between her two sons, Sean Ferrer and his half-brother Luca Dotti who each wanted a tangible piece of their late mother. Hepburn had left her sons a 50/50 cut of…
The new minimum wage rates came into force from 1 st October 2016. In light of the subsequent Autumn statement and the forecasts of the Office for Budget Responsibility on wage stagnation, we take a brief look on what they are, how they affect young people and how employers can comply with legislation. Age Group…
Jennifer Garner is to reportedly file for divorce from Ben Affleck. They had been married for nearly 12 years. The couple split in June 2015, however, since then there has been reports the two were reconciling. Ben Affleck recently praised Jennifer Garner as being “the greatest mom in the world.” The couple have three children…
An accountant forged his dead mother’s will to take control of a slice in his family’s £160million palm oil business. Girish Dahyabhai Patel from north London, used a blank document, pre-signed by his mother, before adding a will around it. Mr Patel was caught out by forensic analysis, which revealed the faint indentation of her…
A Minnesota probate judge overseeing the estate of Prince has refused to appoint either of two probate lawyers seeking to represent the late music star’s likely heirs in managing his legacy, citing disagreement among the siblings over whom they prefer. Prince left behind a fortune believed to be worth hundreds of millions of dollars when…
Mrs Tini Owens has taken her husband to the Court of Appeal to ask three judges for a divorce because he makes her feel ‘unloved, isolated and alone’. In 2016 Mrs Owens failed to persuade a family court judge to allow her to divorce her husband but Mr Hugh Owens is opposed to the divorce…
Beyoncé is being sued for $20 million by the estate of a late internet star who is sampled in her song and video Formation. The estate of Anthony Barré, also known as Messy Mya, alleges in a filed federal lawsuit that Beyoncé used a sample of Mya in the single and its video without permission.…
Maria Mills received a £230,000 lump sum along with £1,100 monthly maintenance payments when she split from her husband Graham after 13 years of marriage. But since the divorce in 2002 Mrs Mills invested the money ‘unwisely’ in London properties, landing herself in debt because of her ‘poor’ decisions. Mr Mills argued he ‘should not…