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Estate Planning Lawyers

Does the estate always pay the costs for contesting a Will?

Will disputes

A recent Victorian case[i] discusses the issue of who pays costs and why in matters of contesting a Will. A lady (the ‘plaintiff’) made a…

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Ecumenical Service – Friday 27 November 2015

In the Community

Annual Ecumenical Service for 2015 On Friday, 27 November 2015 from 11 am, the annual Ecumenical Service will be held at The Cathedral of St…

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Mutual wills and revoking executors

What if a Will was made by undue influence?

Will disputes

What is undue influence? When talking about Wills, undue influence is force or pressure placed on a Will-maker (“Testator”) which results in a Will that…

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Over $4m awarded over wrongful imprisonment

Defamation

Roseanne Beckett awarded damages/compensation for malicious prosecution.

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Asbestos found in counterfeit brakes

Asbestos

Counterfeit brakes containing asbestos Mechanics and owners of Toyota HiAce vans and HiLux utes should be on the alert after the recent discovery of counterfeit…

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Asbestos found in Toyota utes and vans

Asbestos

Mechanics and owners of Toyota HiAce and HiLux utes should be on the alert after the discovery of brakes containing asbestos.

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How to write a will in Australia

What is a testamentary capacity?

Estate Planning

Testamentary capacity is the capacity to make a Will. A case from the 1870s, Banks v Goodfellow,[i] is still the leading authority for the test of…

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Free health seminar in North Lakes

In the Community

Morning tea with the ARDSS and Turner Freeman Lawyers.

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Family Provision Claim – who can apply?

Will disputes

Who is eligible to make a family provisions claim.

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Is there a Will? Or isn’t there?

Will disputes

The short story: A lady made her own document which looked very much like a Will, leaving the bulk of her estate to her son….

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Facebook page owners can be liable for third party comments

Defamation

Exercise caution on social media.

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Mutual wills and revoking executors

I have been left out of a Will – can I claim?

Will disputes

All states in Australia have legislation that allows the Court to order that the estate of a deceased person be paid to particular persons in…

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