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by Reception | May 10, 2021 | Wills
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...
![Where There’s A Will Is There Always A Way? Re GEW[2020] QSC 119 & The Informal Will.](https://estatebattles.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Where-Theres-A-Will-Is-There-Always-A-Way-1080x675.png)
by Reception | Apr 28, 2021 | Estate Planning, Wills
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...
by Reception | Oct 21, 2020 | Estate Planning, Wills
COVID-19 Emergency Regulation Permits Wills Via Audio-visual Link Written by Naomi Williams The law of wills and estates is not typically a rapidly changing field, but much is unprecedented about life during the coronavirus pandemic. On 14 May 2020 the Governor in...
by Reception | Dec 5, 2017 | Estate Disputes, Will Challenges, Wills
An estate claim has revealed a family’s horrific abuse, which was kept secret so that the victim would receive a million-dollar inheritance. Under what circumstances should you promise your estate to your children? A woman in Victoria promised to include her...
by Reception | Nov 28, 2017 | Estate Disputes, Family Disputes, Will Challenges, Wills
A family estate battle threatened to erupt over the will of cricketing star Richie Benaud, before all parties agreed on a settlement. The cricketing legend and commentator Richie Benaud died aged 84, and was allegedly worth tens of millions of dollars at the time of...
by Reception | Nov 13, 2017 | Wills
The rise in online do-it-yourself will kits has launched a spin-off product, an app that allows you to write a DIY will on your smartphone. But is this a case of technology making your life easier or technology creating more headaches in the future? Anna Hacker, the...
