An elderly mother who claimed she was tricked into transferring her home into her daughter’s name has been ordered to leave the property.

Norma Gibbons and daughter Dawn Gibbons, 52, have been locked in legal battles for a decade after the ownership of the property was transferred for inheritance tax purposes, despite the pair living in upstairs and downstairs flats in the same converted £1.4 million house.

Their relationship broke down completely, Dawn said, after she heard her mum “shouting” at her young daughter, which she said was the “last straw” in an already lengthy row.

Back in 2004, when their relationship was still on good terms, Norma had transferred her upstairs flat into her daughter’s name without telling her to avoid inheritance tax.