Wills & Estates

You may write up a document in a notebook and the issue will then be whether you intended your thoughts to be taken seriously as testamentary intentions. In the 2015 case of In the Estate of the [...]

How easy is it to just make a handwritten alteration to a will saying “Alteration to my will”, then date the will but not arrange for any witnessing of the alteration and then staple the [...]

In the 2016 case of Re Gardiner the executor named in the will was found to have been deficient in his handling of the estate as to the following issues: He had failed to realise the estate [...]

What Counts as an Informal Will? You may be surprised to learn that a will does not always have to be a formal legal document drafted in precise legal language. In some cases, it can consist of [...]

It is far preferable for parties to resolve financial disputes involving property and financial support issues without seeking the intervention of the court processes in what will promise to [...]