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Blog: Widow can inherit despite helping husband travel to Dignitas

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Date:4 MAR 2019
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According to Sarah Smith and Ethan Axelrod, of Irwin Mitchell, the High Court handed down a ground-breaking judgment recently, in the first case to deal with whether someone who assists a terminally ill loved one to commit suicide can nevertheless be permitted to inherit from them.

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