Date: 08 Feb 2017, Filed under: Wills, Inheritance Disputes
Do estranged family members have the right to challenge a will if they are not a beneficiary?
Date: 28 Sep 2015, Filed under: Equity & Trusts, Superannuation & Elder Law, Wills, Estate Planning, Succession Planning, Administration of Estates, Inheritance Disputes, Estates
Is there a ‘moral duty’ compelling a person to make a family provision for relatives under Australian law?
Date: 11 Aug 2015, Filed under: Wills, Estate Planning, Inheritance Disputes, Estates
Since the introduction of the Succession Act in New South Wales in 2009 there has been a steady increase in family provision claims, commonly referred...
Date: 28 May 2015, Filed under: Wills, Succession Planning, Inheritance Disputes
If you are wondering whether it is worth the bother of Challenging a Will a recent decision by the Supreme Court of New South Wales shows that making a...
Date: 26 Jun 2014, Filed under: Wills, Inheritance Disputes, Wills, Estates and Succession Planning Law, Inheritance Act Claims on Estates, Wills and Enduring Power of Attorney
A recent decision of the New South Wales Supreme Court has highlighted the ability of people who have been left out of a Will to successfully contest the...
Date: 25 Oct 2013, Filed under: Wills, Estate Planning, Succession Planning, Administration of Estates, Inheritance Disputes, Estates
Many of us don’t like to think about death and/or making a Will but there are many times throughout our lives when we do need to think about the future...
Date: 30 Sep 2013, Filed under: Wills, Inheritance Disputes
The law recognises that assuming a person has testamentary capacity, such person (i.e. - the testator) has the right/freedom to deal with their estate...
Date: 18 Jul 2013, Filed under: Wills, Estate Planning, Succession Planning, Administration of Estates, Inheritance Disputes, Estates, Wills, Estates and Succession Planning Law
Why you should make a will and appoint an executor.
Date: 28 Jun 2013, Filed under: Wills, Succession Planning, Administration of Estates, Inheritance Disputes, Enduring Power of Attorney, Wills, Estates and Succession Planning Law
THE ROLE of the executor is not one to be taken lightly. The executor must act upon the wishes of the testator by collecting assets, paying liabilities...
Date: 17 Jan 2013, Filed under: Equity & Trusts, Superannuation & Elder Law, Powers of Attorney, Administration of Estates, Inheritance Disputes
One burgeoning area of the law that will affect us all in our old age is Elder Law, now seen as a discrete and specialised area of the law.
