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. ..

Wran died in April last year (2014) aged 87 after suffering dementia. He left a fortune estimated to be worth up to $40 million, largely made up of an impressive property portfolio. This estate is at the heart of a dispute within his extended family. ..

Some issues to consider when deciding whether or not to use a do-it-yourself Will Kit or a Solicitor when creating your Will…

The South Australian Law Reform Institute (SALRI) is calling for public submissions on whether there should be a state scheme for recording the location of, or securely storing, South Australians’ wills…

Files Stibbe Lawyers partner Dean Stibbe said he dealt with people all the time who were experiencing massive problems with their loved ones’ estates because they hadn’t made a legal will, power of attorney or other provisions…

People who have not made a Will can do so at the Parramatta Salvation Army in Smith Street, for a fee/donation of $50 plus…

PEOPLE keen to gain a greater understanding of estate planning and how to ensure their affairs are in order are invited to a free public seminar on May 21…

The number of will disputes reaching the Supreme Court has shot up by almost 60 per cent since 2005, with blended families, entitled grandchildren and burgeoning estate values driving up the number of claims…

A multi-millionaire property investor’s son, who was left nothing in his late father’s will, has been awarded $3 million dollars from his father’s $27 million estate…

An old boy from The King’s School who sued his mother for a share of his grandfather’s $5.5 million estate has been castigated by a Supreme Court judge for having a ”highly developed and unhealthy sense of entitlement”…