The England and Wales High Court has recently heard a case where a woman executed a deed of variation, transferring her one-third interest in her late mother’s £1.8 million estate to one of the deceased’s grandchildren, before trying to revoke it as not valid or binding (Canarapen v Gauchenot, 2025 EWHC 2728 Ch).
The High Court rejected her claims that the deed was never delivered, that it should be set aside for mistake or that it was delivered only subject to conditions that the other party did not fulfil.
Find the case report at:
https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Ch/2025/2728.html
Stephen Parnham
