A shocking case. The final paragraph:
“With no other known will in existence, the judge held that Margaret Baverstock died “intestate”, which means brother and sister must now split her £700,000 assets down the middle, although Lisa must also pay John’s legal fees, estimated at up to £80,000.”
Margaret Baverstock should be prosecuted for the attempted fraud, but won’t be, because vagina.
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Just to notice the “replaceable part” nature of reporting on men. He’s an “Electrician” not “grieving son” or “Brother cheated by sister” etc. It may seem a small point but one sees it all the time in the way a male is referred to, not as a person but as an occupation.
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Indeed – we’re human doings, not human beings (Dr Warren Farrell?)
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“he simply hadn’t thought about me and my future without him.” A woman, independently well off, miffed because her husband had left his estate to his two “children” (now adults) from his previous marriage. She is co owner of their house so with that and her own money is well set up. Older now the magic of computers sends me lost of adverts for life insurance, in the many I’ve seen only one for a family where the mother is the one who gets the insurance to “protect” the family should she die. Offhand I can recall 8 where its “Dad” who is exhorted to ensure his family is OK “should the unthinkable happen”. Sort of baked into us is the entitlement of women to be looked after, even if the one looking after is represented by a mug with “Dad” written on it, to signify the unthinkable happened. As the “poor me” tale goes on. It turns out the dead man’s son asked if the writer would be financially alright, of course the daughter didn’t and no one would expect her to. Subtle messages of entitlement and who is responsible to fulfil those entitlements. My husband of 15 years left me nothing in his will I don’t imagine the writer has ever considered making arrangements for her husband if the “unthinkable” (in this case cancer) happened.
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