Executor Disputes. Re: Franks [2021] QCS 134 and the remedies available for executors who just can’t agree.

by Reception | Jun 16, 2021 | Will Challenges

Executor Disputes Re: Franks [2021] QCS 134 and the remedies available for executors who just can’t agree. For hundreds of years we’ve been finding ways of settling an argument. Jousting, duals, boxing, and less physical remedies such as mediation and therapy...

TWO WILLS TOO MANY RE: Perry 2021 QSC97. How to deal with overseas assets the right way.

by Reception | Jun 7, 2021 | Estate Planning, Wills

  TWO WILLS TOO MANY RE: Perry 2021 QSC97. How to deal with overseas assets the right way. Overseas assets. They can cost you a lot less to secure, provide you with a lot more profit but unfortunately can give you a headache when it comes to considering how you’re...

Life Estates And The Crisp Solution. Ng v Lau; In the Estate of Ken Kui Yuen Lau [2020] NSWSC 713

by Reception | May 19, 2021 | Will Challenges

Life Estates And The Crisp Solution Ng v Lau; In the Estate of Ken Kui Yuen Lau [2020] NSWSC 713 Everyone deserves a second chance but sometimes second marriages and blended families can cause headaches when it comes to making sure that both your current partner and...

The Executors Commission- Your Conduct Counts. Re Estate of Badstuebner [2020] QSC 144

by Reception | May 14, 2021 | Will Challenges

The Executors Commission- Your Conduct Counts Re Estate of Badstuebner [2020] QSC 144 Agreeing to become a named executor in a will is the easy bit. The hard bit comes when you’re called upon to make good those promises you made to oversee the distribution of an...

Executing Your Will In A Global Pandemic. Re Sheehan [2021] QSC 89 and the COVID 19 Emergency Response Act 2020

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.

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...

The Red Envelope. Re Marshall (deceased) (2020) 4 QR 321 and Testamentary Intention.

by Reception | Apr 20, 2021 | Will Challenges

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 sat down and wrote the following: ON...

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.

by Reception | Apr 15, 2021 | Will Challenges

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 of other divorces before and since,...