How can you identify undue influence?
Undue influence can cause significant stress, especially when a will is contested. How can you identify this and address it to prevent harm?
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The Forfeiture Rule Explained: Allison Baden-Clay Case Study
“Financial gain” (ie. money) is often the motive for murder – as was pressed by the Crown in the final court appeal of the 2012 murder of Allison Baden-Clay by...
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If You Don’t Make A Will Like Prince, Who Will It All Go To?
It is not uncommon that many celebrities worth millions die without a Will. This article focuses on what happened to Prince's estate.
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Court directs Contested Wills traffic to the Express Lane
THE NSW Supreme Court has recently introduced new rules to simplify deceased estates disputes to cut costs and finalise Will challenges more rapidly.
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Banking inactivity can eliminate an estate
In recent news there was a report of a man aged 88 years who died with an estate worth $2.42 million, accumulated from a frugal existence of saving all spare...
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$732,133.76 reasons why an Executor should obtain the best legal advice
In a Decision of the NSW Supreme Court handed down on 31 January 2013, a Judge has ordered a person who obtained a Grant of Probate of a Will, and...
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Unsigned Wills – When Intention is Everything
Generally, for a Will to be valid it needs to be signed by a Willmaker (testator) in the presence of two witnesses, who should also sign at the same time....
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