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High Court Rejects Son’s £2.6m Claim to Mother’s Chelsea Home, Orders Him to Leave

The judge found no enforceable assurances, concluding he stayed in the house because it suited him.

Overview

  • Judge Timothy Bowles dismissed Andrew Grijns’s bid for two-thirds of the £3.85 million townhouse and ordered him to vacate.
  • Grijns faces legal bills likely to exceed £1 million, including liability for his mother’s estimated £750,000 costs.
  • The court ordered payments of £85,000 for each year he stayed after being told to leave in August 2023, and he must account for any rent he received.
  • The judge described him as “self-absorbed” and criticised his efforts to question his mother’s capacity and to pursue contempt proceedings against her.
  • The court found no assurances granting rights to the property and noted he lived there for over two decades at a discount that saved him more than £1 million.