Twins take fight over mother's £2million will to the High Court

9:00am Tuesday 5th February 2013 in News

Robert Simons contesting mother's £2million will in the High Court Robert Simons contesting mother's £2million will in the High Court


WARRING twins are locked in a bitter court battle over their mother’s £2million estate.

Businessman Robert Andrew Simon claims his twin, Hilary Jane Woolley, manipulated their mother into changing will.

Constance Simon's first will left her flat in Overcliff Manor Road, Westcliff and shares in the family firm, Devon-based plastics company, R.W Simon Ltd, to 62-year-old Robert of Chigwell, Essex.

A will made in 2005, when Mrs Simons was 88, overturned that and resulted in the entire estate being divided equally between her children, Robert, Hilary and Jonathan, and a trust being set up for the family of her deceased son, David.

Robert Simon told a court hearing he believed his sister of Crossley Hill, Halifax, West Yorkshire had manipulated his dying brother into writing a letter criticising him and that this influenced his mother’s decision to change her will.

Mr Simon is now fighting his sister and surviving brother, Jonathan, 63, from Shoebury, at the High Court to reinstate the earlier will made by his mother who died in 2009.

His siblings hotly deny the accusations
 

The High Court hearing continues.

Comments(8)

supermadmax says...
9:14am Tue 5 Feb 13

They are a very chubby family.

Its a shame that they could not have reached agreement before court.

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InTheKnowOk says...
9:30am Tue 5 Feb 13

If there is one thing i hate it's bickering over who gets what once a parent or loved one has died, it's shameful if you ask me.

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saddo99 says...
11:14am Tue 5 Feb 13

There is a very grey area regarding wills and there appears to be no central register thus a disgruntled sibling could destroy a later will and nobody would know.In this case I feel Mr Simons will struggle since both parties that would corroborate his appeal are deceased. Like supermadmax I feel sad that a family should end up fighting at a time when they should be consoling each other. It,s not like he didn't get anything. Equal shares seems fair and my late father,(god bless him) did just that!

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Cosmo Spring says...
12:04pm Tue 5 Feb 13

In order to settle this once and for ll I'm willing to take the inheritance off their hands for a small fee

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Cosmo Spring says...
12:04pm Tue 5 Feb 13

Cosmo Spring wrote:
In order to settle this once and for ll I'm willing to take the inheritance off their hands for a small fee
they'd only have to bung me a tenner each and I'll accept the two million.

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j-w says...
12:39pm Tue 5 Feb 13

jarndyce vs jarndyce

only the solicitors will get rich!

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Lynch says...
10:09am Wed 6 Feb 13

What a greedy little git! He can't even split it with his brother and sister. Disgusting little man!

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Ivanna Goodhump says...
2:36pm Thu 7 Feb 13

Cosmo Spring wrote:
In order to settle this once and for ll I'm willing to take the inheritance off their hands for a small fee
Their legal teams will do that for them with their very large fees.

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