A farmer's son, who was cut out of his father's E 4m will, can take a share of the farm estate, the Court of Appeal in London has ruled. The father, Frank Suggitt, was disappointed by his son, John Suggitt, now 31, who had dropped out of agriculturalcollege. Even though John worked during his holidays and at weekends on the farm, Frank concluded that his son was lazy and wrote him out of the will. Instead Frank left the family estate near Whenby, North Yorkshire, to his daughter Caroline. On Frank's death in 2009, Caroline inherited 400 acres of prime farmland, various houses and E 150,000 of life savings.
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