Builder Wins Inheritance Over Family’s Challenge

As I have previously discussed, Ronald Butcher’s will left £500,000 to Danny Sharp who provided the service of cleaning out Butcher’s gutters free of charge, which led to a six year friendship according to Sharp. Butcher’s family  challenged the will that was signed two months prior to Butcher’s death. The judge ruled in favor of Sharp yesterday finding that the will is valid.

See Paul Cheston, Builder Who Cleaned Pensioner’s Gutters For Free Wins £500k Legal Battle Over Inheritance, Standard, May 1, 2015.

Special thanks to Joel Dobris (Professor of Law, UC Davis School of Law) for bringing this article to my attention.