"Sufficient cause" and "otherwise orders": Making a family provision claim more than 12 months after the date of death
Sreckovic v Sreckovic [2018] NSWSC 1597 was a family provision dispute between two sisters. The deceased mother had left her…
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Challenges to your will
In this publication we list fifteen ways a will can be challenged, and the basis on which the challenge can…
Court of appeal overturns family provision award in favour of ex-wife
Lodin v Lodin [2017] NSWCA 327 The NSW Court of Appeal has allowed the appeal from the decision of the…
Ademption of specific bequests
Ademption occurs when a specific gift in a Will fails because the gift is not an estate asset at the…
Matters affecting the validity of a will: "Knowledge and approval" and "suspicious circumstances"
Wills may be challenged on various grounds including revocation by a later Will or informal testamentary document, claims by disappointed…
Your digital assets: Instructing your executors and attorneys and restrictions on access
It can be assumed that almost all of us now possess a “digital estate“. During a person’s lifetime, their attorneys,…