A day before the wedding (exactly in December 2018), a doctor from Cyprus, but living permanently in Great Britain, made a will in which she divided her fortune worth 10 million pounds (over 51 million zlotys in Polish currency) between the family and a life partner and work colleague.
Dr. Evi Kalodiki passed away on New Year’s Eve 2018. The wedding ceremony with the surgeon was arranged in a hurry due to Kalodika’s declining health, at the St. John’s Wood in North London, where she stayed. As it turned out later, the surgeon may receive the entire inheritance from her. All because they got married 24 hours after she made her will. The 200-year-old law stipulates that the previous will was thus annulled and the only beneficiary of the estate was her newlywed husband.
The British Wills Act of 1837 says that getting married automatically invalidates a will made by one of the parties before it was made. In practice, this means that Dr. Kalodiki died without a final will. Dr Lattimer – as a widower – can therefore inherit the entire £10 million estate.
He married a terminally ill woman who died 3 days later. He could inherit £10m
However, it doesn’t seem like it will happen anytime soon. The sister of the deceased doctor, Maria Karamanoli, filed a lawsuit against such a turn of events. The battle for division of the inheritance is being fought in the Supreme Court. Karamanoli fights to restore the original version of the will. Under the document drawn up 24 hours before the marriage, the sister of the multi-millionaire doctor would receive one-sixth of the inheritance. The same part was to be Dr. Lattimerow and two nieces of Dr. Kalodika. Since the death of Dr. Evi Kalodika, Lattimer has remarried.
Maria Karamanoli emphasizes that her sister’s estate should be divided as Dr. Kalodika’s will requested. She claims that her sister “must have wanted it to be that way” because otherwise she wouldn’t have made a will. Chris Lattimer, in turn, filed a motion to set aside Karamanola’s claims. However, this request was rejected.
Dr. Evi Kaklodiki was born in Larnaca, Cyprus. She moved to the UK in 1984. She obtained her PhD from the Imperial College of London. Her medical career was long and full of professional successes. She retired in 2016, amassing an impressive fortune by then.
Dr. Kalodiki was also an ambassador for understanding Greek culture in the UK, a board member of the Hellenic Society and a founding member of the society in honor of the Greek poet, Giorgos Sarantaris. In turn, Dr. Chris Lattimer is also a well-known surgeon and the author of numerous scientific papers. He also lectures at the Imperial College of London on a daily basis.
Source: mirror.co.uk
Source: Gazeta
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