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A brother has launched a bid to have his 'ruthless and materialistic' sister jailed for allegedly lying in a court fight over their father's £100million fortune.
Toni and Guy stylist turned multimillionaire businesswoman Louise Reeves, 36, battled her brother Bill Reeves, 48, last year after their rags-to-riches tycoon father Kevin died leaving her most of his cash and property empire.
Kevin changed his will in 2014 cutting son Bill out of a share of his fortune worth about £27million.
His will was overturned following a High Court trial last year when a judge found that his 'ruthless' sister Louise had 'engineered' the making of the document, 'pulling the wool over (her father's) eyes' so he signed a will he didn't understand.
Toni and Guy stylist turned multimillionaire businesswoman Louise Reeves (pictured), 36, battled her brother Bill Reeves, 48, last year after their rags-to-riches tycoon father Kevin died leaving her most of his cash and property empire
Kevin (pictured above with his daughter) changed his will in 2014 cutting son Bill out of a share of his fortune worth about £27million
Now Louise could face jail after her brother and his son Ryan McKinnon launched a bid to have her imprisoned for allegedly lying in court statements.
In a contempt of court application, their lawyers say Louise and her father's solicitor, Daniel Curnock, had 'deliberately concealed' how well they knew each other before Kevin's final will was made.
This week, Judge Clare Ambrose, sitting at the High Court in London, refused a bid by Louise to delay proceedings and ruled the contempt application made against both Louise and Mr Curnock should be considered by the court as soon as possible.
'The contempt application goes to...questions as to whether the statements made were made dishonestly and knowingly,' she said.
'There are potentially important questions as to the consequences of dishonest statements about the drawing up of wills and the appropriate sanction for solicitors and beneficiaries.'
Both Louise and Mr Curnock deny any dishonesty and are set to fight Bill and Ryan's application for permission to bring proceedings against them.
Louise is also planning to take her case to the European Court of Human Rights, claiming that her right to a fair hearing was violated at the original trial.
During the battle between brother and sister in November 2021, the court heard that their father built up a vast personal fortune despite humble beginnings having been left as an orphan child at a convent and quitting school aged just 12.
Louise could face jail after her brother Bill Reeves, pictured outside the High Court in London during proceedings, and his son Ryan McKinnon launched a bid to have her imprisoned for lying in court statements
He had four children, but his final will left 80 per cent of his millions to his daughter when he died aged 71 in 2019. The rest was to go to her half-sister Lisa Murray.
His death sparked a 'bitter feud' after his second son Bill, backed by grandson Ryan, claimed that Louise had bullied Kevin into changing his will to leave Bill almost nothing.
Bill told the judge that 'Jekyll and Hyde' Louise, who 'likes money' and is drawn to 'flash things', was behind their father's 'inexplicable' decision to almost completely cut him out.
He told the court he enjoyed a great relationship with his father, even offering to donate a lung to him when he was ill.
There was no reason why Kevin should leave him with so little in his last will made in 2014, he said.
Ruling on the case in January this year, Mr Justice Michael Green rejected the claim that Louise had bullied her father, but said she had 'pulled
