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
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Mitchells Solicitors is a legal practice based in Brisbane, Queensland, specializing in wills, estates, and succession law. The firm provides services related to contesting wills, estate planning, estate administration, and elder law, including elder abuse protection. Their expertise includes handling disputes involving executors and beneficiaries, family provision claims, and superannuation claims. The firm also advises on the preparation of valid wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and advance health directives. Mitchells Solicitors offers guidance on legal processes following a person's death to ensure proper administration and distribution of estates. Their content often addresses practical legal issues and recent developments in succession and family law relevant to their regional jurisdiction.
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Where There’s A Will Is There Always A Way? Re GEW[2020] QSC 119 & The Informal Will.
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…
The Red Envelope. Re Marshall (deceased) (2020) 4 QR 321 and Testamentary Intention.
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…
Is Your Ex-Spouse Entitled To Make A Claim On Your Estate? Ryan v Harrison [2020] QSC 267 and the ex wife who thought she could.
Is Your Ex-Spouse Entitled To Make A Claim On Your Estate? Ryan v Harrison [2020] QSC 267 and the ex-wife who thought she could. 26 years before his death, Brian Harrison got divorced to Therese Ryan, and just like in 1000’s…
Changing Your Mind and Changing Your Will. Re: Picking and the hack that doesn’t work Written by Lindsay Chan
Changing Your Mind and Changing Your Will Re: Picking and the hack that doesn’t work Written by Lindsay Chan Everybody loves a life hack; a usually simple and clever tip or technique for accomplishing a task easily, and in a…
Friends Who Become Family. Rakovich v Marszalek [2020] NSWSC 589-Why good friends should make a will.
Friends Who Become Family. Rakovich v Marszalek [2020] NSWSC 589-Why good friends should make a will. Written by Lindsay Chan There’s a well known quote that says “ There are friends, there is family, and there are friends that become…
ARE ALL YOUR CHILDREN REALLY EQUAL? The equality problem and the hotchpot clause solution to unequal distribution of your estate.
ARE ALL YOUR CHILDREN REALLY EQUAL? The equality problem and the hotchpot clause solution to unequal distribution of your estate. Written by Lindsay Chan Despite the usual family jokes about the favourite child, when it comes to estate planning, parents…
Family Provision Claims : Why They’re Important for Adult Children of Previous Relationships. Haertsch V Whiteway [2020]
Family Provision Claims: Why They’re Important for Adult Children of Previous Relationships. Haertsch V Whiteway [2020] If you’re an adult child from a previous marriage then chances are you’ve faced a number of dilemmas over the years; who to spend…
We Need To Talk About Will. Birch v Birch and the fight for Fairyland.
We Need To Talk About Will. Birch v Birch and the fight for Fairyland. Written by Lindsay Chan There are things that people don’t like to talk about. In an age where we constantly overshare and our personal lives are uploaded…
Good Neighbours Aren’t Always Good Friends. Gibbs v Loveday & Kimyani v Sandhu -Executors who behaved badly and have paid the price.
There’s an old Chinese proverb that says a good neighbour is a priceless treasure, a saying that Anita Border took to heart when it came to deciding who was to be the executor of her will. David Loveday was not…