Widow wins right to share of husband's £1m-plus estate

An 83-year-old widow who was near retired of her precocious husband's volition has won the close to get a stock of his estate, which is worthy much than £1m.

The Hight Court heard Karnail Singh near everything to his 2 sons and thing to widow Harbans Kaur, his woman of 66 years, oregon his 4 daughters.

The tribunal ruled she should get 50% of the nett worth of Mr Singh's estate.

Her lawyer, Jessika Bhatti, said it could unfastened the doorway for others successful a akin position.

High Court justice Mr Justice Peel was told Mr Singh, who died successful 2021, "wished to permission his property solely down the antheral line".

But Ms Bhatti argued that it was wide "reasonable provision" had not been made for Mrs Kaur, whose income consisted of authorities benefits of astir £12,000.

She told the PA News agency: "I consciousness privileged to beryllium a portion of an injustice made right."

She said she believed it would acceptable a precedent which would let the "most susceptible individuals" to question justness without having to endure "the unpleasantries of a trial".

The tribunal heard that Mrs Kaur estimated the estate, built connected her precocious husband's covering business, to beryllium worthy £1.9m gross, but that 1 of her sons enactment the worth astatine £1.2m.