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Suzanne Marriott writes for The Times on predatory marriages

"Proposals to change the law to protect vulnerable adults from what has become known as 'predatory marriage' are falling short" says Suzanne Marriott, Partner and Head of Art and Luxury.

Suzanne writes an opinion piece for The Times Brief on predatory marriage and questions why it is so much easier to marry than to change a will. 

Predatory marriage involves fraudsters marrying vulnerable, often elderly individuals without the knowledge of their loved ones. They can then access the spouse’s lifetime savings and even inherit their estate under intestacy rules, which means that previous wills are revoked by marriage.

Read the full article in The Times here (paywalled).

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