ARE ALL YOUR CHILDREN REALLY EQUAL? The equality problem and the hotchpot clause solution to unequal distribution of your estate.

by Reception | Feb 23, 2021 | Will Challenges

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 will usually...

Family Provision Claims : Why They’re Important for Adult Children of Previous Relationships. Haertsch V Whiteway [2020]

by Reception | Feb 16, 2021 | Will Challenges

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 the holidays with,...

We Need To Talk About Will. Birch v Birch and the fight for Fairyland.

by Reception | Feb 9, 2021 | Will Challenges

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 to social media for even strangers to...

Good Neighbours Aren’t Always Good Friends. Gibbs v Loveday & Kimyani v Sandhu -Executors who behaved badly and have paid the price.

by Reception | Feb 3, 2021 | Will Challenges

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 only described by her as a trusted neighbour but he was...

Protecting Sophia — NSW Trustee and Guardian v Hirsch [2013] . How one woman’s desire to financially protect one cousin from another led to a Supreme Court Ruling.

by Reception | Jan 28, 2021 | Will Challenges

Martha Terre- Blanche had witnessed far more injustice in her 82 years than others and sought to remember those who had made those unbearable situations more bearable when she sat down to write her will. Born in 1924 in Greece, an only child, both her parents were...