Will overturned following daughter's appeal

The £870,000 will of a Sikh man has been overturned after his daughter appealed against the decision to leave the vast majority of the estate to her three brothers, while she and her sisters only received a fraction.

Balvinder Kaur Ahluwalia, who is one of six children, received £20,000 in 2009 after her father Ranjit Singh died, the same as one of the sisters, while the third sister received nothing.

However, the same will – signed in 1999 – ruled that her two brothers would each receive the lion's share of the £872,890.

Ms Ahluwalia took the case to the High Court and, during a four-day hearing, argued that the two witnesses to the document were not both present at the same time it was signed by Mr Singh.

As a result, the will was declared invalid, with the estate now set to be divided equally between the children.

Recently, it was claimed that Amy Winehouse decided to make a will before her death that stopped her ex-husband from receiving any of her fortune.

A source told the Daily Mail that the singer ensured that her ex-partner, Blake Fielder-Civil, would not be granted any of her fortune, after the pair divorced in 2009.

Posted by Phil Hammond