Charlotte John
@lottiejohn1.bsky.social
Barrister at Gatehouse. Private Client, COP, trusts, probate and property.
She/her
🏳️🌈 ally
Here for a bit of The Archers chat too.
She/her
🏳️🌈 ally
Here for a bit of The Archers chat too.
Well that was smashing telly! Loved watching Joe and Alan in particular.
November 6, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Well that was smashing telly! Loved watching Joe and Alan in particular.
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A deep-dive into the fictional will and murder-for-inheritance scenario in Taylor Swift's Anti-Hero through the lens of English law — private purpose trusts, certainties, perpetuities, forfeiture, butterfly lifespans, cat pictures, and capricious pet bequests.
equitysdarling.co.uk/2025/10/23/s...
equitysdarling.co.uk/2025/10/23/s...
She Who Laughs Last? Pets, Perpetuities, and Other Problems with the Last Will and Testament of Taylor A. Swift - Equity's Darling
A legal analysis of Taylor Swift’s fictional will from Anti-Hero, exploring pets, perpetuities, probate pitfalls and the perils of home-drafted wills under English law.
equitysdarling.co.uk
October 25, 2025 at 7:43 AM
A deep-dive into the fictional will and murder-for-inheritance scenario in Taylor Swift's Anti-Hero through the lens of English law — private purpose trusts, certainties, perpetuities, forfeiture, butterfly lifespans, cat pictures, and capricious pet bequests.
equitysdarling.co.uk/2025/10/23/s...
equitysdarling.co.uk/2025/10/23/s...
A deep-dive into the fictional will and murder-for-inheritance scenario in Taylor Swift's Anti-Hero through the lens of English law — private purpose trusts, certainties, perpetuities, forfeiture, butterfly lifespans, cat pictures, and capricious pet bequests.
equitysdarling.co.uk/2025/10/23/s...
equitysdarling.co.uk/2025/10/23/s...
She Who Laughs Last? Pets, Perpetuities, and Other Problems with the Last Will and Testament of Taylor A. Swift - Equity's Darling
A legal analysis of Taylor Swift’s fictional will from Anti-Hero, exploring pets, perpetuities, probate pitfalls and the perils of home-drafted wills under English law.
equitysdarling.co.uk
October 25, 2025 at 7:43 AM
A deep-dive into the fictional will and murder-for-inheritance scenario in Taylor Swift's Anti-Hero through the lens of English law — private purpose trusts, certainties, perpetuities, forfeiture, butterfly lifespans, cat pictures, and capricious pet bequests.
equitysdarling.co.uk/2025/10/23/s...
equitysdarling.co.uk/2025/10/23/s...
This looks to be an important and very interesting event - a conference on 13 April 2026 at Selwyn College Cambridge organised by @julietbrook.bsky.social and Dr Derek Whayman to discuss the Wills Bill 2025 and the Law Commission's proposals for will reform.
research.reading.ac.uk/succession20...
research.reading.ac.uk/succession20...
The Law of Succession and the Wills Bill - The Law of Succession and the Wills Bill
A one day conference to discuss the Wills Bill 2025 and related matters. At Selwyn College, Cambridge, 13 April 2026
research.reading.ac.uk
October 10, 2025 at 9:51 AM
This looks to be an important and very interesting event - a conference on 13 April 2026 at Selwyn College Cambridge organised by @julietbrook.bsky.social and Dr Derek Whayman to discuss the Wills Bill 2025 and the Law Commission's proposals for will reform.
research.reading.ac.uk/succession20...
research.reading.ac.uk/succession20...
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Happy Friday! Bluesky can't tell from my face that I am over the age of 18 so I cannot access DMs.
New blog post recalling the height of social distancing and back garden will-witnessing, as Covid era wills start to blossom into contentious probate challenges: equitysdarling.co.uk/2025/09/26/n...
New blog post recalling the height of social distancing and back garden will-witnessing, as Covid era wills start to blossom into contentious probate challenges: equitysdarling.co.uk/2025/09/26/n...
No line of sight: due execution and presence In the Estate of Kathleen Coady - Equity's Darling
Coady v Coady: Covid-era “garden signing” fails s.9 Wills Act 1837. The presumption of due execution, and why the Will was invalid.
equitysdarling.co.uk
September 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Happy Friday! Bluesky can't tell from my face that I am over the age of 18 so I cannot access DMs.
New blog post recalling the height of social distancing and back garden will-witnessing, as Covid era wills start to blossom into contentious probate challenges: equitysdarling.co.uk/2025/09/26/n...
New blog post recalling the height of social distancing and back garden will-witnessing, as Covid era wills start to blossom into contentious probate challenges: equitysdarling.co.uk/2025/09/26/n...
Happy Friday! Bluesky can't tell from my face that I am over the age of 18 so I cannot access DMs.
New blog post recalling the height of social distancing and back garden will-witnessing, as Covid era wills start to blossom into contentious probate challenges: equitysdarling.co.uk/2025/09/26/n...
New blog post recalling the height of social distancing and back garden will-witnessing, as Covid era wills start to blossom into contentious probate challenges: equitysdarling.co.uk/2025/09/26/n...
No line of sight: due execution and presence In the Estate of Kathleen Coady - Equity's Darling
Coady v Coady: Covid-era “garden signing” fails s.9 Wills Act 1837. The presumption of due execution, and why the Will was invalid.
equitysdarling.co.uk
September 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Happy Friday! Bluesky can't tell from my face that I am over the age of 18 so I cannot access DMs.
New blog post recalling the height of social distancing and back garden will-witnessing, as Covid era wills start to blossom into contentious probate challenges: equitysdarling.co.uk/2025/09/26/n...
New blog post recalling the height of social distancing and back garden will-witnessing, as Covid era wills start to blossom into contentious probate challenges: equitysdarling.co.uk/2025/09/26/n...
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Hot off the press, Anita Mehta and I take a look at the differing approaches to conduct in financial provision claims under the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 on divorce and under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 on death.
financialremediesjournal.com/content/bad-...
financialremediesjournal.com/content/bad-...
Financial Remedies Journal: Bad Behaviour and Broken Bonds: A Comparison of Conduct in 1973 and 1975 Act Claims
financialremediesjournal.com
July 2, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Hot off the press, Anita Mehta and I take a look at the differing approaches to conduct in financial provision claims under the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 on divorce and under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 on death.
financialremediesjournal.com/content/bad-...
financialremediesjournal.com/content/bad-...
Hot off the press, Anita Mehta and I take a look at the differing approaches to conduct in financial provision claims under the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 on divorce and under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 on death.
financialremediesjournal.com/content/bad-...
financialremediesjournal.com/content/bad-...
Financial Remedies Journal: Bad Behaviour and Broken Bonds: A Comparison of Conduct in 1973 and 1975 Act Claims
financialremediesjournal.com
July 2, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Hot off the press, Anita Mehta and I take a look at the differing approaches to conduct in financial provision claims under the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 on divorce and under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 on death.
financialremediesjournal.com/content/bad-...
financialremediesjournal.com/content/bad-...
Good to see Lush catering to Chancery lawyers.
June 22, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Good to see Lush catering to Chancery lawyers.
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Quite an arresting opening line:
'This is an unusual probate claim in that the deceased says she is very much alive.'
www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWH...
'This is an unusual probate claim in that the deceased says she is very much alive.'
www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWH...
Ashimola & Anor v Samuel & Anor [2025] EWHC 502 (Ch) (10 March 2025)
www.bailii.org
March 10, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Quite an arresting opening line:
'This is an unusual probate claim in that the deceased says she is very much alive.'
www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWH...
'This is an unusual probate claim in that the deceased says she is very much alive.'
www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWH...
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“I didn’t want a transgender child. I’m so ashamed of myself now”
Nothing but love for @alicemydaughter.bsky.social for this interview with the Sunday Times magazine for her book, "Her name is Alice"
Nothing but love for @alicemydaughter.bsky.social for this interview with the Sunday Times magazine for her book, "Her name is Alice"
March 9, 2025 at 9:22 AM
“I didn’t want a transgender child. I’m so ashamed of myself now”
Nothing but love for @alicemydaughter.bsky.social for this interview with the Sunday Times magazine for her book, "Her name is Alice"
Nothing but love for @alicemydaughter.bsky.social for this interview with the Sunday Times magazine for her book, "Her name is Alice"
This sounds fabulous (I'm in).
Fo advance order, Vianne's Confession, the eau de parfum to accompany Vianne, Joanne Harris's new book.
Yes, really!
Savoury unsweetened cacao, rain, hot sun and church incense, with geranium, tomato and rose.
www.4160tuesdays.com/4160tuesdays...
Yes, really!
Savoury unsweetened cacao, rain, hot sun and church incense, with geranium, tomato and rose.
www.4160tuesdays.com/4160tuesdays...
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February 26, 2025 at 2:11 PM
This sounds fabulous (I'm in).
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Just absurd levels of cruelty
New — The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) was told this week by DOJ that they'd lose their funding if the org didn't remove any mentions of LGBTQIA+ issues from their public materials, I've learned. Staff were told they need to deadname trans kids in their reports to comply.
February 7, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Just absurd levels of cruelty
Very true, especially the shifting perception of merits as case preparation and trial progress.
Picking up the discussion of lawyer’s estimates of prospects of success. First, a description of some different approaches, then a howl of pain /1
February 6, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Very true, especially the shifting perception of merits as case preparation and trial progress.
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Time for some waves for my daily dose of calm :)
Long exposure (0.3 seconds) waves at sunrise at Fellsfjara beach, Jökulsárlón #Iceland, April 2023.
Long exposure (0.3 seconds) waves at sunrise at Fellsfjara beach, Jökulsárlón #Iceland, April 2023.
January 26, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Time for some waves for my daily dose of calm :)
Long exposure (0.3 seconds) waves at sunrise at Fellsfjara beach, Jökulsárlón #Iceland, April 2023.
Long exposure (0.3 seconds) waves at sunrise at Fellsfjara beach, Jökulsárlón #Iceland, April 2023.
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Wow. Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde fearlessly calls out Trump and Vance to their faces. This is heroic.
(posting in 3 parts due to Bluesky's 1 minute limit)
(posting in 3 parts due to Bluesky's 1 minute limit)
January 21, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Wow. Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde fearlessly calls out Trump and Vance to their faces. This is heroic.
(posting in 3 parts due to Bluesky's 1 minute limit)
(posting in 3 parts due to Bluesky's 1 minute limit)
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This decision has an interesting point on limitation periods and foreign judgments.
But of wider interest is that the appellants relied in their appeal bundle on a summary of Flynn v. Breitenbach [2020] EWCA Civ 1336.
That case is entirely made up.
caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/kb/2025/42
But of wider interest is that the appellants relied in their appeal bundle on a summary of Flynn v. Breitenbach [2020] EWCA Civ 1336.
That case is entirely made up.
caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/kb/2025/42
January 16, 2025 at 4:11 PM
This decision has an interesting point on limitation periods and foreign judgments.
But of wider interest is that the appellants relied in their appeal bundle on a summary of Flynn v. Breitenbach [2020] EWCA Civ 1336.
That case is entirely made up.
caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/kb/2025/42
But of wider interest is that the appellants relied in their appeal bundle on a summary of Flynn v. Breitenbach [2020] EWCA Civ 1336.
That case is entirely made up.
caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/kb/2025/42
HT to @pollyemorgan.bsky.social FI v DO featuring a dispute about the family dog and best use of anonymised initials since Mr Justice Baker's TOM, DCK and HRY.
www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWF...
www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWF...
FI v DO [2024] EWFC 384 (B) (20 December 2024)
www.bailii.org
January 16, 2025 at 3:08 PM
HT to @pollyemorgan.bsky.social FI v DO featuring a dispute about the family dog and best use of anonymised initials since Mr Justice Baker's TOM, DCK and HRY.
www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWF...
www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWF...
In case you were not aware, or had forgotten, being a member of your local library gives access to all sorts of free digital resources including ebooks, audiobooks, magazines and newspapers via apps including Libby, Borrowbox and PressReader.
January 8, 2025 at 2:42 PM
In case you were not aware, or had forgotten, being a member of your local library gives access to all sorts of free digital resources including ebooks, audiobooks, magazines and newspapers via apps including Libby, Borrowbox and PressReader.
Last January I committed to recording something positive in each day. This was a great practice which made me pay attention to the good in every day, including the hard ones. I used the app Diarium and it is just terrific (and subscription free). Lovely to look back over all the happy moments.
January 4, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Last January I committed to recording something positive in each day. This was a great practice which made me pay attention to the good in every day, including the hard ones. I used the app Diarium and it is just terrific (and subscription free). Lovely to look back over all the happy moments.
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This Guatemalan Death Head from the 1st Millennium looks startlingly like some more irascible judges of my acquaintance.
January 3, 2025 at 12:15 PM
This Guatemalan Death Head from the 1st Millennium looks startlingly like some more irascible judges of my acquaintance.
The smallest housemate has coined the phrase 'frivolous nomies' to describe the never-ending seasonal snacks and treats that we've been working our way through.
December 31, 2024 at 9:38 AM
The smallest housemate has coined the phrase 'frivolous nomies' to describe the never-ending seasonal snacks and treats that we've been working our way through.
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This has made me smile so much my face is aching:
the Christmas lights in the Scottish town of Newburgh are designed by its children-there’s a competition to design a new one each year. They’re made by the same co. that makes the lights for Blackpool, the Shard & Champs-Élysées:
the Christmas lights in the Scottish town of Newburgh are designed by its children-there’s a competition to design a new one each year. They’re made by the same co. that makes the lights for Blackpool, the Shard & Champs-Élysées:
December 28, 2024 at 1:31 PM
This has made me smile so much my face is aching:
the Christmas lights in the Scottish town of Newburgh are designed by its children-there’s a competition to design a new one each year. They’re made by the same co. that makes the lights for Blackpool, the Shard & Champs-Élysées:
the Christmas lights in the Scottish town of Newburgh are designed by its children-there’s a competition to design a new one each year. They’re made by the same co. that makes the lights for Blackpool, the Shard & Champs-Élysées:
Funny, Surreal, eerie. My second time seeing Slava's Snowshow. Go if you get a chance, it is quite magical.
December 28, 2024 at 10:01 PM
Funny, Surreal, eerie. My second time seeing Slava's Snowshow. Go if you get a chance, it is quite magical.