Tag: wills and estates lawyer brisbane
Seeing is believing?: Will not seen by, or read to, deceased, upheld (VIC)
Decision Impossible: FPA by disabled son against widow, forcing sale of family home in notional estate (NSW)
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)
Danger Zone: costs against plaintiff in FPA in small estate (NSW)
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
Wife support: FPA by widow dismissed with costs (NSW)
What is “Contemplation of marriage”: Marriage revokes Will in blended family (NSW)
FPA 7 years out of time: Allowed on Appeal (WA)
“Divorced from reality”: Appeal allowed in former spouse FPA claim (NSW)
The Unsent Text Message Will: Is it really that simple? No – it’s really not! (QLD)
“Probable intention”: Novel rectification case in ACT
Leaving a “note” for mum successfully appealed; “Note” = Will
