This article is based upon a recent report by the Law Officers’ Department on issues arising from proposals to reform or abolish légitime, Jersey’s system for giving fixed minimum rights to spouses, civil partners and children where the deceased dies testate. Using a...
Légitime Reform: Where To Go? (Part 2)
This is the second instalment of this article considering the reform of légitime. It will follow the earlier comparative analysis by arguing that lessons should be learned from other systems. It is not a matter of choosing between the current English system or the...