Category: Estate planning
Changes to decisionmaker laws to commence soon (QLD)
New audio-visual witnessing for Wills and Enduring Documents in QLD amid COVID-19
No Undue Influence + Mutual Wills: Appeal dismissed in Birch v Birch case (Qld)
Seeing is believing?: Will not seen by, or read to, deceased, upheld (VIC)
Family Affair: trust and property transfers set aside on bad faith and unconscionability (QLD)
Screen Test: Court of Appeal prefers lawyer’s evidence over medical on testamentary capacity (NSW)
Duty Bound: solicitor’s duty to beneficiary of incapable testator after inter vivos transfer
New legislative changes for Attorneys and Administrators
Decisions, Decisions: ‘bad faith’ SMSF Trustee discretion decision set aside, Trustee removed
Catch and Release: Court considers when s33Z applies to a ‘purported’ Will (Qld)
Renewable Power: Court permits Attorney to renew superannuation nomination (QLD)
Missing element: High Court orders new trial in solemn form probate proceedings; denial of procedural fairness
Sorry, Frank, it’s over: High Court clarifies position on streaming franking credits to trust beneficiaries
What is “Contemplation of marriage”: Marriage revokes Will in blended family (NSW)
Selfless surrender: defacto partner applies for Statutory Will to benefit mother and sisters (NSW)
The Unsent Text Message Will: Is it really that simple? No – it’s really not! (QLD)
“Probable intention”: Novel rectification case in ACT
No Will, no way?: Court refuses application for statutory Will in large estate (Qld)
