Brother and sister inâbitterâ family feud over late mother s will given chance to settle A BROTHER and sister have been offered the chance to settle a “bitter” family feud over their mother’s will without a further costly High Court case. John Clitheroe launched an appeal calling for his mother’s two wills to be reinstated after they were struck out by a judge. His mother Jean Clitheroe, from Clacton, died aged 76 in 2017, leaving most of her £325,000 estate to John. She had made two wills, but her daughter Susan Bond, from St Osyth, was cut out of both. Mr Clitheroe started court proceedings to determine if the wills, which included handwritten instructions stating her daughter was “a shopaholic and would just fritter it away”, were valid.
Brother and sister in âbitterâ feud over mother s will given chance to settle A BROTHER and sister have been offered the chance to settle a “bitter” family feud over their mother’s will without a further costly High Court case. John Clitheroe launched an appeal calling for his mother’s two wills to be reinstated after they were struck out by a judge. His mother Jean Clitheroe, from Clacton, died aged 76 in 2017, leaving most of her £325,000 estate to John. She had made two wills, but her daughter Susan Bond, from St Osyth, was cut out of both. Mr Clitheroe started court proceedings to determine if the wills, which included handwritten instructions stating her daughter was “a shopaholic and would just fritter it away”, were valid.
Jean Clitheroe, 76, left almost her entire estate to her son when she died in 2017
Jean, of Essex, cut shopaholic daughter out, saying she would fritter it away
Judge ruled Jean died intestate because she was suffering from delusions
Son John challenged ruling in ground-breaking test case which sought to scrap 150-year-old inheritance law and claim it no longer applied in modern society
High Court judge disagreed and threw out John s argument, offering the siblings a chance to settle the matter out of court to avoid further costly proceedings