A brother and his former hairdresser sister are locked in a court battle over their property tycoon father's £100million will.
Toni and Guy-trained Louise Reeves, 35, was left £80million - 80 per cent of her dad's £100million - in dad Kevin Reeves' 2014 will.
But her brother Bill Reeves, who was left just £200,000, claims his sibling has a passion for the "flashy" and finer things in life, and bullied her dad to get the lion's portion.
Rolls Royce-driving Kevin lived a life of luxury up until his death in 2019 aged 71 - but the financial success he earned in adulthood was a far cry from his "humble beginnings".
The court heard how Kevin was orphaned as a child and handed over to the care of a convent, before dropping out of school aged 12.
At the High Court, Louise denied Bill's accusations of bullying her dad - a "tough" businessman - and claims he saw her as the heir to his Southampton-based property empire.
It was Kevin's "own ingenuity, hard work and sheer force of character" that helped him climb the mountain of wealth", said Louise's barrister Thomas Dumont QC.
He had four children - Louise and Bill, their estranged elder brother Mark, and half-sister Lisa Murray, who did not know her father until she was in her 20s.
Bill is asking the High Court to recognise a will penned in 2012, which would give 10 per cent to Mark's two children, and the rest split between Bill, Louise and Lisa.
But in 2014, Kevin signed a new will, leaving Bill only about £200,000 worth of personal effects, with the rest split between his daughters, with Louise getting 80 per cent and Lisa 20 per cent.
It meant Louise would walk away with a vast personal fortune totaling up to £80m - as well as land and her dad's beloved Rolls Royce Phantom.
Bill, 47, now claims his "Jekkyl and Hyde" sister - who "likes money" and is drawn to "flash things" - was behind their dad's "inexplicable" decision to almost completely cut him out.
He says the 2012 will, under which the three siblings would each have a share worth as much as £26.6m, should be ruled their father's final valid will.
However, Louise denies being obsessed with money and says her dad wanted her to inherit most of his fortune, having groomed her for years to take over his property empire.
The will ended up in court after Bill - backed by Mark's son Ryan McKinnon, 24, - questioned the validity of the 2014 document.
He claims his dad could not possibly have fully understood what he was doing in changing his will so dramatically, cutting his inheritance from almost £30m to just £200,000.
And he points the finger at "materialistic" Louise, accusing her of exercising "undue influence" in order to "coerce" their dad into leaving her the majority of his fortune.
Louise had been "dominant" over their father with whom she was living at the time - sometimes "flying into rages" - and ultimately he had been worn down, given in to her and left her the £80m, Bill claims.
As she argued that Louise is highly driven by money, Bill's barrister Constance McDonnell QC told the court about trips the daughter took with her dad to Spain.
The pair would "hire a car and drive around looking for villas to buy", she said.
Ms McDonnell QC also revealed the 35-year-old once dated a "flash" multi-millionaire money launderer, and suggested it was because of her expensive tastes.
Louise denied the accusations and argued there was no way she could twist her "strong-willed" dad into doing something he did not want to.
The court also summoned a number of witnesses to attest to Kevin's "tough nature".
Mr Dumont cited a lack of evidence to prove she coerced her dad.
And he claimed that Louise was the junior partner in the relationship, and "did what she was told" up until the day he died.
It was claimed that Kevin was being "cut out" because he had become a successful businessman in his own right and didn't need more money.
And he had then had five years after making the 2014 will to raise the alarm if it had been the result of pressure from his daughter and was against his wishes.
He also listed the situations and people Kevin was in daily and weekly contact with, who he could have told if he was being coerced or bullied.
"Not once did he try and distance himself from Louise. Not once did he try and avoid being alone with her. Not once did he try and find excuses to avoid dealing with her or to include others in his dealings with her."
He urged the judge to uphold the 2014 will.
The trial continues
