CHANCERY DIVISION
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B e f o r e :
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SMITH |
Claimant |
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SMITH AND OTHERS |
Defendant |
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MR J SMART (instructed by Messrs Price Mears & Co) appeared on behalf of the Defendant
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MR JUSTICE MANN:
"5. Interim orders
1. Where on an application for an order under section 2 of this Act it appears to the court:
(a) that the applicant is in immediate need of financial assistance but it is not yet possible to determine what order (if any) shall be made under that section; and
(b) that property forming part of the net estate of the deceased need or can be made available to meet the need of the applicant, the court may order that subject to any such conditions or restrictions if any that the court may impose and to any further order of the court there shall be paid to the applicant out of the net estate of the deceased such sum or sums and (if more than one) at such intervals that the court thinks reasonable; ..."