Overview
- Judge Timothy Bowles dismissed Andrew Grijns’s claim to a share of the £3.85 million property and accepted that he must leave.
- Bowles found no enforceable assurances were made and described Grijns as self-absorbed, concluding he stayed because it suited him.
- Grijns faces a legal bill likely exceeding £1 million, including about £750,000 of his mother Janice’s costs.
- He must also pay £85,000 per year for remaining after August 2023 and account for any rent received from letting part of the house.
- The dispute escalated after his father’s 2019 death, with the son launching contempt proceedings in a failed bid to have his mother committed.