A daughter has been awarded half of her mother’s £325,000 estate after a lengthy court battle to have her two wills ruled invalid.

The High Court had heard that Jean Clitheroe had died in 2017, leaving her estate to its entirety to her son, John. While two wills had been made, her daughter Susan Bond was cut out of both; Ms Clitheroe said Ms Bond was ‘a shopaholic and would just fritter it away’; the second will made wider allegations of theft from the property of Ms Clitheroe’s deceased daughter, Debra.

While Mr Clitheroe said both wills were valid, Ms Bond argued the allegations were untrue as Ms Clitheroe ha...