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1: Millie Phillips, once Australia’s richest woman, creates chaos over her Will | November 19, 2019

The dirty laundry of a wealthy Sydney family has been aired in court during a battle over the colourful 90-year-old matriarch’s multimillion-dollar fortune…

Catchwords: Dementia, Estate Planning, Inheritance, Inheritance, Intestacy Laws, Intestate, Legal Proceedings, Personality Disorder, Succession Act, Succession Laws, Testamentary Intention, Wills, Wills & Probate

2: A video Will raises serious questions after lengthy NSW Supreme Court hearing | August 10, 2015

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. ..

Catchwords: Estate Planning, Inheritance, Succession Laws, Testamentary Intention, Video, Wills

3: Family of Neville Wran agree to mediation over estate | August 8, 2015

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. ..

Catchwords: Family Provision, Inheritance, Intestacy Laws, Succession Laws, Superannuation, Testamentary Intention, Wills