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by Reception | Apr 28, 2021 | Estate Planning
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 | Dec 1, 2020 | Estate Planning
There was once a man who wanted to make a will that was fair. One where his 3 sons from a previous relationship were taken care of equally, where the Public Trustee of Queensland (“PTQ”) was appointed as the executor and trustee to avoid any family disputes and one...
by Reception | May 27, 2020 | Estate Planning
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 | Jan 30, 2020 | Estate Planning
Preparation is important. A male bower bird is an interesting creature. It will expend great effort in collectingall manner of shiny objects, to build a so-called bower. Hours are spent preparing to court a female bower bird. Estate planning also involves a great...
by Reception | Oct 16, 2018 | Estate Planning
Former Culture Secretary Dame Tessa Jowell left almost £1.6 million in her will to her husband. Dame Tessa’s entire estate was left to lawyer David Mills, from whom she separated for several years after he was caught up in a corruption scandal involving the former...
by Reception | Aug 9, 2018 | Estate Planning
Is a text message a valid will? The answer is: it depends. Some jurisdictions will accept a text message as a will, while others won’t. But the true moral of these stories is that your estate planning should always be more thorough than a text message. In...
