Executor Disputes Re: Franks [2021] QCS 134 and the remedies available for executors who just can’t agree. For hundreds of years we’ve been finding ways of settling an argument. Jousting, duals, boxing, and less physical remedies such as mediation and therapy sessions, have all been used to settle arguments. But what happens when a loved […]…

  TWO WILLS TOO MANY RE: Perry 2021 QSC97. How to deal with overseas assets the right way. Overseas assets. They can cost you a lot less to secure, provide you with a lot more profit but unfortunately can give you a headache when it comes to considering how you’re going to include them in […]…

Life Estates And The Crisp Solution Ng v Lau; In the Estate of Ken Kui Yuen Lau [2020] NSWSC 713 Everyone deserves a second chance but sometimes second marriages and blended families can cause headaches when it comes to making sure that both your current partner and the children from your previous marriage are taken […]…

The Executors Commission- Your Conduct Counts Re Estate of Badstuebner [2020] QSC 144 Agreeing to become a named executor in a will is the easy bit. The hard bit comes when you’re called upon to make good those promises you made to oversee the distribution of an estate, which is going to take up the […]…

Executing Your Will In A Global Pandemic Re Sheehan [2021] QSC 89 and the COVID 19 Emergency Response Act 2020 There’s nothing like a global pandemic to turn your mind to all those tasks that you’ve been putting on the back burner for years, including finally writing a will. The irony is though, that although […]…

Where There’s A Will Is There Always A Way? Re GEW[2020] QSC 119 & The Informal Will Letters, emails and, more recently, even text phone messages, have been held by the courts to be a valid will. But before you pull your phone out and start announcing your beneficiaries on social media, it’s worth remembering […]…

The Red Envelope Re Marshall (deceased) (2020) 4 QR 321 and Testamentary Intention   In 2016 Gayle Marshall was thinking about the future. She had suffered a heart attack some months before and her mortality was on her mind. She sat down and wrote the following: ON THIS DAY SUNDAY 21st FEBRUARY 2016 I GAYLE […]…