Dispute Resolution analysis: Following a trial, a daughter has been held to be entitled to the receipt of substantial sums from the estate of her late mother pursuant to the terms of a contract made with the late mother for the provision of care in her home. Had the contract not existed, the daughter would, in any event, have been entitled to receive such payment on a restitutionary basis. Written by Phillip Patterson, barrister, Gatehouse Chambers.
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