Inheritance Battle Over Family Farm in North Yorkshire

Below is a summary of an interesting court battle over a family farm inheritance in North Yorkshire:

• Dr. Christine Gill expected to inherit the family farm.
• When Gill’s mother died, her mother’s will left the farm to the RSPCA, an animal charity.
• After three years of legal battlers, a high court in England recently ruled that Gill’s father bullied her mother into changing the will and leaving the farm to the RSPCA.
• As a result, the RSPCA will not inherit the family farm.

See Jonathan Brown, Daughter wins RSPCA inheritance battle, The Independent, Oct. 9, 2009.