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11 November 2025

Legal experts issue warning after disinherited Earl loses £1.3 million in family feud – Rupert Burchett for Spears Magazine

Landed Estates expert Rupert Burchett, Partner at Payne Hicks Beach, had his comments included in a feature in Spear’s Magazine on the recent case of the disinherited Earl of Yarmouth’s failed legal challenge against his family trust which has left him with a £1.3 million bill and ‘a cautionary tale for other heirs’. 

Click here to read the full article: Disinherited Earl’s £1.3 million legal costs could have been avoided

Their comments have been published below with kind permission.


Rupert comments: 

‘Family disputes relating to rural property are often bitterly fought,’ Burchett said. ‘The underlying assets in these sorts of disputes are so valuable that family members are often content to resort to litigation, which is a frustrating, stressful, and expensive undertaking.’

‘It is an increasingly challenging world in which landed estates and farmers are having to operate, and meeting and resolving issues head-on as they arise is far more sensible than ignoring them and hoping they will resolve themselves,’ he added.


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