Overview

• Liam Payne, who died in October 2024 without a will, left a net estate valued at £24.3 million after debts and expenses were settled.
• Cheryl Tweedy, Payne's former partner and mother of his eight-year-old son Bear, has been appointed as an administrator of his estate alongside music lawyer Richard Bray.
• Under UK intestacy laws, Payne’s estate is expected to be held in trust for his son Bear until he reaches adulthood.
• Payne’s girlfriend at the time of his death, Kate Cassidy, is not entitled to inherit any part of the estate as they were not married or in a civil partnership.
• The singer’s death was ruled accidental, with a postmortem confirming polytrauma and toxicology reports detecting alcohol, cocaine, and prescription drugs in his system.