A multi-millionaire is on his death bed in hospital. When his son visits, the man’s wife thanks him for coming but says his father is too ill to see them both. Later, when the man asks why his son hasn’t turned up, his wife tells him he couldn’t be bothered.
Scenarios such as this one peppered the Legal Week Trust & Estates Litigation Forum, which took place in Provence last week (1-3 March). If there was one thing the delegates agreed on, it is that truth is indeed stranger than fiction when it comes to their line of work.
