Succession
1: Woman wins right to dead boyfriend’s sperm | June 20, 2018
A court has said yes today to a Brisbane woman who has been fighting for the right to have a child using her dead boyfriend’s sperm. It’s a vexed issue for some and this ruling is being described as landmark…
2: Wills and estates – How a dead man can end up with two spouses | January 27, 2014
Let’s take the example of who gets a man’s estate if he dies while having both a wife and a mistress. If the man dies without leaving a will and his relationship with the mistress was longer than two years, then the question of who is entitled to a share of the estate falls under Sections 123 and 125 of the NSW Succession Act 2006…
3: Where there’s a Will, there’s a chance for wasteful litigation | April 13, 2012
Wills, succession and family provisions provide the landscape for some of the spellbinding human dramas that unfold in the equity courts…