When writing a Will, it is important to ensure that you have considered and properly provided for your spouse, children and dependants. If you fail to do so, the courts may step in and change how your assets are distributed.

In a recent and highly publicised case at Central London County Court, an 81-year-old parkrunner entered into a £600,000 inheritance battle with his stepchildren, Alexander and Emma Davies, following the death of his wife.

The individual, Michael Morfey, who was a well-known parkrunner at Streatham Striders Running Club, was left nothing in the Will of his wife, Karen Morfey, a retired teacher – despite the couple having been together for 18 years.

Morfey was merely granted the right to remain in her £600,000 London home for just one year after her death.  She instead left the house she shared with Morfey to her son and daughter.