Typist appeals $3m ruling after elderly woman’s home sold, savings taken

A notice of appeal has been filed by a 59-year-old woman who was ordered by the High Court in January to repay almost $3 million after it was found that she had exercised undue influence over an elderly woman whose home was sold, and bank savings taken, before she was left in an elder care facility where she eventually died. The appeal was filed on Tuesday by Nichola Shelley Ann Blanchfield, a clerk-typist and mother of five of Tacarigua, who is challenging the judgment delivered by High Court judge Justice Marissa Robertson. In her ruling, Justice Robertson had ordered Blanchfield to repay...

06 March

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Controversial estate battle heads to Court of Appeal

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The Court of Appeal has been asked to review a multi-million-dollar lawsuit against a woman accused of using undue influence to gain control of an elderly woman’s property and bank accounts. Earlier this week, lawyers representing Nichola Blanchfield filed an appeal challenging a High Court decision that upheld the case brought by Errol Pierre on behalf of his late family friend, Verna Gottshalk. Pierre initiated the case after learning, along with Gottshalk’s son who resides in the United Kingdom, that Gottshalk had been placed in an elderly care home and her Diego Martin home had been sold. According to the lawsuit, filed by...

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Typist appeals $3m ruling after elderly woman’s home sold, savings taken

Controversial estate battle heads to Court of Appeal