Jamie Murray
Jamie Murray
2023-01-28
Quality fast and reliable service with a cracking bunch of lads definitely recommended
Bill Mitchell
Bill Mitchell
2021-09-14
Contracted this company to clear the flat of my deceased mother. Two young guys cleared EVERYTHING out of the rented property, including furniture, carpets, ornaments, white goods and food/household products, politely, efficiently, and respectfully. Excellent service.
Charles winter
Charles winter
2021-05-21
The guys from Northern House Clearance have just cleared a house for me in Scotland. The house was packed not only with a lifetimes worth of memories, but all the clutter that goes with it. Within 2 days it was emptied down to the floorboards. A great job from a good team of lads. Highly recommended.
Graeme hatton
Graeme hatton
2021-02-24
An excellent 5 star service. Firstly the compassion shown due to the circumstances which resulted in having to use their services, not just on the phone but by the team who arrived, on time, to perform the job. Above all a friendly attitude goes a long way in stressful times. Professional from the start to the end of the day and due to the amount of clutter a second day was needed. I could not believe how much was cleared in just one day, it was as if the clutter had it's own clutter to clear. Hope that I never need to use them again, but if I have to clear another property they will be the only people that I call. Highly recommend them. G.Hatton. Cheshire.
Lorna Hamilton
Lorna Hamilton
2021-02-05
Fantastic service. Highly recommend. The team was so helpful.
Richard Foster
Richard Foster
2020-11-26
The guys from Northern house clearing cleared my deceased brothers house which was in a state. They were very discrete and great guys very understanding at such a sad time. Great job guys thank you.
Xiu Yun Chen
Xiu Yun Chen
2020-11-25
This is a good company would highly recommend these guys. Very efficent and helpful.
Laura
Laura
2020-11-05
Highly recommended. From my initial enquiry I found them to be efficient and professional and was given an immediate quote. On the day the guys arrived promptly and were friendly, helpful and thorough. I would not hesitate to use this company again and I would recommend to others. I felt in good hands and I, m very happy with the service I received.
Ruth Lawrence
Ruth Lawrence
2020-08-22
The team arrived bang on time and began work immediately. They continued for five solid days and completed the entire clearance of my late uncles house, which was a case of extreme hoarding over many decades. They even removed carpets, curtains and swept up so the house was ready for sale. They were exeptionally hard working, polite and charged a reasonable price for this incredibly difficult job. Terrific service, absolutely recommended.
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Probate Valuation Of Chattels: The Meaning of Will Trusts Estates

In construing words used in a will or codicil to decide what they mean, words must first be given their natural meaning and be considered in the context in which they are used and the will must be considered as a whole. The meaning given to a word in a previous case can be helpful but it is not conclusive and the same word may have a different meaning in different documents.

An interesting example of the rule that the meaning of words in a will must be gleaned from the context in which they are used is to be found in the case of Blech v. Blech which showed that a reference to a beneficiary surviving the testatrix did not necessarily imply that the beneficiary must be living at the date of the death of the testatrix. B created a trust for the children of her son R who survived her and attained at the age of 21 years and if more than one for them in equal shares. The court decided that, bearing in mind that it would be 17 years before the oldest of those children of R who were living at the date of B’s will reached the age of 21, B must have thought that R might have more children during that period. Consequently, it decided that B intended that two children who were born to R after B’s death and reached the stated age must be considered to have ‘survived’ her and should be allowed to share with the qualifying children born before her death.

Sometimes extrinsic evidence can be used to resolve uncertainty or an ambiguity or to show that the words had a special meaning for that particular testator, for example in one case there was ambiguity and dispute between the testator’s mother and his widow about the identity of the intended beneficiary when the testator had been in the habit of calling his wife ‘mum’.

After a change of gender has taken place and a Gender Recognition Certificate has been issued under the Gender Recognition Act of 2004 it will be recognised in relation to wills made after the Act so that for example, a transsexual brother will usually under a gift to the testator’s sister. However, under Section 18 of the Act a court has the power to make such orders as it considers appropriate and just in case of a person benefiting from a disposition of property as a result of the Act.

‘Jewellery’

Jewellery includes unmounted precious stones but ‘personal jewellery’ is usually considered to mean jewellery which is mounted and ready to be worn.

‘Personal estate’, ‘my personal effects’, ‘my goods and chattels’ and ‘my belongings’

These words are usually taken to include all moveable items, but not freehold or leasehold property but ‘my estate’ or ‘my possessions’ is usually construed as meaning all the testator’s assets including non-moveable property.

‘Personal’ estate or ‘Personal’ chattels should not usually be construed to include items used for business purposes.

‘Month’

‘Month’ means calendar month unless lunar month or four weeks is specifically stated.

‘From’

‘From’ a date does not include the day of the date.

‘Children’

The word ‘children’ in a will or codicil means children and does not include grandchildren or stepchildren, unless the will shows a contrary intention or unless the context or circumstances so require, for example if the testator had no children living at the date the will was made.

The law in relation to wills and devolution of estates on intestacy makes no distinction between adopted, legitimate and illegitimate children and a reference to children is taken to include them all, unless there is an indication to the contrary.

‘Issue’ and ‘descendants’

A gift to ‘issue’ or ‘descendants’ means that each of such people who are living at the date of death inherit an equal share unless the gift is stated to be to the issue or to the descendants ‘per stirpes’. If the gift is stated to be given per stirpes only the first generation of descendants inherit unless one of them had died before the testator, in which case his next generation of descendants inherit their deceased parent’s share equally between them. If a gift is given per stirpes, descendants do not compete with a living immediate ancestor; children do not compete with a parent if the parent is till alive.

‘Relations’ or ‘next of kin’

The words ‘relations’ or ‘next of kin’ will usually be taken to mean those who would inherit the estate if the deceased died intestate.

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