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 | Sep 5, 2018 | Contesting A Will
Can a man accused of helping his wife commit suicide inherit her life insurance policy? A Queensland man accused of assisting his wife take her own life as he was beneficiary of her $1.4 million life insurance told her she was too weak to survive the biblical rapture,...
by Reception | Aug 20, 2018 | Contesting A Will
When is a marriage not a marriage? When one of the parties doesn’t have the mental capacity to understand what marriage is, it may be nullified by a court. But what is the test to decide capacity in relation to marriage? The Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) states that a...
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...
by Reception | Jul 27, 2018 | Estate Planning
A recent Supreme Court case has highlighted a tricky question: can sperm be considered ‘property’? How can you plan for the premature death of your partner if you’d always planned to have children? The Case Ayla Cresswell and Joshua Davies were in a relationship when...