High Court dismisses lawyers' bid to stop representing woman 19 days into action over will

The woman's lawyers made an application to "come off record" contending that the woman had lost the mental capacity to give them proper instructions

Ruling on the application, Ms Justice Siobhan Stack said in a recently published judgment that the woman's lawyers had not established that she lacks capacity to progress the action, and therefore the court was not permitting them to come off record for her.

A High Court judge has refused to allow lawyers to stop representing a woman in her late 70s in a case before the court which has already run for 19 days.

The woman has brought an action where she seeks part of the estate of a man who she claims she was in a loving and committed relationship with for over 30 years before he died. The High Court heard he had left a very valuable estate but he did not make any provision for the woman in the will.