The death of a loved one can be hard enough to deal with without the extra worry about the cost of carrying out their wishes. Key decisions — including the executor of the will, whether to die at home or whether you are buried among the trees or cremated — all involve a financial burden and much easier made when family members are not bereaved…

A report by the Elder Abuse Prevention Unit, shows a 20 per cent increase in reported cases of financial abuse from 2014-15 to 2015-16. The report also found that more than three-quarters of perpetrators reported between 2015 and 2016 were related to the victims…

Half of all Australians die without a will, according to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, meaning the law decides where your assets go, potentially favouring relatives you resent.

Making a will is vital, but can cost from $150 to thousands of dollars, if you use professional channels. Here are some tips on how to do it yourself, with intense attention to detail…

An enduring power of attorney is the “insurance policy” that most people get wrong – it’s the document used to appoint someone else (called an attorney) to legally deal with your money, bank accounts and other assets if you become unable to manage your affairs by yourself…

Making a will is vital, but can cost from $150 to thousands of dollars, if you use professional channels. Here are some tips on how to do it yourself, with intense attention to detail…

The Judge rejected the claimant’s claim for family provision from his late father’s Will because of his “comfortable” financial position of more than $5 million , where as his siblings had “real and oppressing financial concerns”…

Cancer Council Victoria has launched a Supreme Court bid to get its hands on a dead woman’s medical records, to establish whether it has a claim to $12 million left to the organisation in her previous will…

The big law firms are quaking in their boots as cut price competitors steal market share…

The below list of related terms are by no means exhaustive, but they are a good starting point for anyone contemplating either beginning, ending or clarifying a important relationship that either involves us directly, or involves someone we care deeply about. ..

An elderly Chinese woman made a digital video recording of an oral statement of testamentary intentions, deliberately recorded as a “video will”, with an intention that it take effect as a will, but she did not alter her formal written Will. The Supreme Court was asked to determine the validity of this video Will. ..