{"id":19606,"date":"2023-07-29T14:21:26","date_gmt":"2023-07-29T14:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wrigleyclaydon.com\/?p=19606"},"modified":"2023-08-09T14:21:50","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T14:21:50","slug":"three-brothers-win-court-battle-with-tennis-coach-sister-over-mothers-1m-will","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrigleyclaydon.com\/?p=19606","title":{"rendered":"Three brothers win court battle with tennis coach sister over mother’s \u00a31m will"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Three brothers, David, Nino and Remo Rea have succeeded at the High Court in a claim against their sister, Rita Rea when the brothers were cut out of their mother’s will.<\/p>\n

Their mother Anna left nearly all her estate, totalling circa \u00a31m to her daughter in 2016, however, the Judge said the evidence suggested Rita had exercised ‘undue influence’ over her \u00a0mother such that she was ‘overborne’.<\/p>\n

‘First, there is Anna’s frailty and vulnerability,’ he said in his judgment. ‘Wheelchair-bound, hard of hearing, and requiring constant care and attention, Anna’s quality of life was limited.<\/p>\n

‘She seemed to spend much of her life colouring in children’s books. This is to be contrasted with what I find to be Rita’s argumentative and forceful personality, and her forceful physical presence.’<\/p>\n

Anna\u2019s estate will be split four ways, as directed by the earlier 1986 will. \u00a0The judge stated that he would give Rita \u00a021 days to launch a challenge to the decision with the Court of Appeal.<\/p>\n

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