17-03-2017 07:44 via theguardian.com

Charities should not interfere in family feuds over wills | Russell Hargrave

A huge error of judgement has been made by the three animal charities that fought to overturn a daughter’s win over her estranged mother’s willIn 2002, Melita Jackson did something that thousands of people do each year. She drew up a will and left her money to charity. Jackson’s £500,000 estate was split between three animal charities when she died: Blue Cross, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, and the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. B
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