Summary
An pounds 800,000 award to a housekeeper after just one year of marriage to the wealthy owner of the mansion where she worked 'was far too much', an appeal judge ruled yesterday.
Monika Cunliffe became mistress of Chaddock Hall in Worsley, near Manchester, after answering an advert in The Lady magazine placed by Derrick Cunliffe, who had been disabled from birth and needed a home help. She had previously owned a property in Powys near Brecon.See the full content of this document
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Court Cuts Pounds 800,000 for Home Help Awarded in Will
Mr Cunliffe died in November 2002 aged 66 and a judge at the High Court in Manchester ruled that his 51-year-old widow was entitled to pounds 800,000 of his pounds 1.3m est...
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