Beautician Kanokporn Nattachai, 40, flew in from Thailand last week to face off her boyfriend Roger Burrage's two sons in the English High Court - laying claim to half the late builder's fortune.
A British builder's Thai lover has launched a legal battle against his two sons for half of his £400,000 fortune.
The widower, from Surrey, had built himself a luxury three-bed seaside villa in Hua Hin on the country's Malay Peninsula, worth up to £240,000. Thai beautician Kanokporn Nattachai, 40, outside the High Court after she flew in from Thailand last week to face off her boyfriend Roger Burrage's sons to lay claim to half his estate
Widower Mr Burrage moved to Thailand from Surrey and used his construction experience to get involved in the local property business, the court heard. But if that claim failed, she said she would accept a payout of around £200,000 from the builder's estate, claiming his will did not leave her 'adequate financial provision.'
The solicitor said at this point, the builder promised: 'If she continued to work for their partnership business and the other business solely belonging to him, he would share enough money with her to ensure they could both enjoy the remainder of their lives together.'It would now be unconscionable had the deceased gone back on his word and deprived the claimant of the proprietary interest she had been led to expect.
Denying Miss Nattachai's claim to be owed nearly £200,000 from the estate, Ms Pemberton said Mr Burrage had 'no need' to borrow from his girlfriend - and the beautician was never in a position to lend money anyway. But Ms Pemberton emphasised: 'It is denied that the deceased was maintaining the claimant immediately before his death and denied that she is eligible to bring a claim under the 1975 Act .'
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