Widow left out of husband’s will after 66-year marriage wins half of £1m estate

High court judge rules ‘reasonable provision’ was not made for 83-year-old, ‘left with next to nothing’

A widow whose husband of 66 years excluded her and their four daughters from his will, and left everything to their two sons, has won a high court case for a share of an estate worth more than £1m.

Mr Justice Peel heard that Karnail Singh, who died in 2021, also left out his four daughters and “wished to leave his estate solely down the male line” after writing his will in 2005. He heard that Harbans Kaur, who married Singh in 1955, estimated the estate to be worth £1.9m gross but one of her sons put the value at £1.2m.