The Inheritance (Family Provision) Act 1938 (the Inheritance Act) allowed surviving spouses and qualifying children to apply to court for a discretionary payment out of an estate where they had not been left enough in the deceased’s will to ensure … Read more
Stella Jane Thomas (1906-1974) was the first West African woman to be called to the Bar of England and Wales at the Middle Temple. Called on 10 May 1933, by 1935 she had returned to West Africa and registered as … Read more
In the fifteen years following the admission of women to the legal professions in England, Wales and Scotland under the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919, three important textbooks focusing on the law as it related to women were published in … Read more