It’s been another big estate news day. Note the article posted about how the Nina Wang estate looting trial has harmed credibility within Hong Kong’s formerly revered feng shui community. We find this an interesting example of using a guise of respectability for abusive purposes. Feng shui “master” Tony Chan Chun-chuen’s conduct is no different Keep Reading…
Music executive’s ‘husband’ cut out of £7 million will A bitter legal dispute over the £7 million will of a music executive who was friends with Sir Elton John has ended with his civil partner being all but cut out of the money. Stephen Adams December 17, 2009 Telegraph.co.uk http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/6833917/Music-executives-husband-cut-out-of-7-million-will.html After Peter Ikin, 62, died Keep Reading…
Challenge to $40 Million Contingency Fee Now in Referee’s Hands Attorney for client’s estate argued that three Graubard Miller lawyers were in a ‘conspiracy of silence’ regarding monetary gifts from the client Nate Raymond December 17, 2009 New York Law Journal http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202436397729&Challenge_to__Million_Contingency_Fee_Now_in_Referees_Hands The question of whether Graubard Miller deserved a $42 million contingency fee from Keep Reading…
Brooke Astor butler Christopher Ely comes to her defense, rips Anthony Marshall, wife as neglectful Leo Standora December 17, 2009 New York Daily News Brooke Astor’s butler has come to her defense. http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2009/12/17/2009-12-17_son_broke_astors_spirit_says_butler.html Christopher Ely portrayed the philanthropist’s fortune-raiding son, Anthony Marshall, and his wife as calculating, cold and neglectful. In a letter to Supreme Keep Reading…
How Feng Shui Is Being Discredited in Hong Kong Liam Fitzpatrick December 14, 2009 lifeofguangzhou.com http://www.lifeofguangzhou.com/node_10/node_37/node_83/2009/12/15/126084290772434.shtml Hong Kongers, myself included, love to affect a certain expertise when it comes to feng shui. Because I am otherwise a materialist (as in believing only in physical matter, not as in bling), it has always been self-contradictory of Keep Reading…
Estate of Denial® provides news, analysis and commentary on abusive practices occurring in probate courts and via probate instruments (wills, trusts, guardianships, powers of attorney). We provide original perspective to educate the public regarding this growing threat to both individual freedoms and property rights.Celebrity gossip websites ran a story last week claiming that Whitney Houston is “broke as a joke.” They even quoted an unnamed (of course) source claiming that Whitney would be homeless if not for the generosity of friends. She called someone to ask for $100, the story goes. If true, that would be quite a fall Keep Reading…
Sam Manzo, the Southington caretaker on the old Smoron farm, is still without his inheritance and still living in probate hell. I stopped by to talk with Manzo on Tuesday because it’s been two years since I first heard about the elaborate scheme that sought to disinherit Manzo and take the broken down old Smoron farm Keep Reading…
PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. – Heir to a Texas air conditioning fortune and founder of his Wellington polo club, John Goodman is now fighting on multiple legal fronts. Investigators say Goodman drove drunk at twice the legal limit, sped through a stop sign and killed 24-year-old Scott Wilson. The lawsuit filed by the victim’s parents reveals Keep Reading…
Over the past months we’ve posted several stories about a dispute between heirs of Elizabeth Beall Banks, the former Belward Farm property owner known also for her anti-development activism, and Johns Hopkins University. A condition of the 1989 property sale requires “the property would be used only for academic purposes, research or medical care with Keep Reading…
As problems with the Tennessee judiciary are a regular topic here at Estate of Denial®, this post from Memphis’ The Daily News was noted with interest: GOP Proposals Take Aim at Tennessee Courts Republicans in the Tennessee Legislature are taking a close look at the judiciary branch this year, with several proposals expected to be Keep Reading…
