Overview
- Mr Justice Richards dismissed Adam Scott's capacity and proprietary estoppel claims, keeping Jennifer Scott in control of the estate.
- He accepted Richard Scott had frontotemporal dementia but ruled the 2016 decision to cut Adam out was personality-driven, not the result of disease.
- The promise-based claim failed because Adam knew since at least 2003 that his father was retracting earlier promises and he suffered no detriment.
- The land was valued at about £7 million for probate, while Jennifer has asserted offers and development potential could put the figure near £43 million.
- The court also rejected Jennifer's bid to fold Adam’s long-term tenancies back into the estate, as her legal team highlighted property gifts to him exceeding £10 million.