Elder law & succession: September 2025
Key rulings on will construction, inheritance contracts, injunctions restraining solicitors, informal wills, headstones and superannuation. By DARRYL BROWNE
Elder law & succession: August 2025
Key elder law rulings on notional estates, family provision costs, powers of attorney, executorship and production of wills.
Where there’s a will, there’s a way: offsets, ademptions and hotchpot
A recent Federal Court decision examines the situations giving rise to testamentary offsets, key cases and other similar equitable principles.
Digital assets in wills: navigating the intersection of technology and succession law
Why digital assets like crypto and NFTs demand a place in your estate plan, and how courts and practitioners are adapting to the digital frontier.
Elder law & succession: July 2025
Key rulings on family provision, superannuation disputes and notification duties that discuss fairness, eligibility and estate administration.
Elder law & succession: June 2025
Important elder law cases on service of notice for family provision claims and allocating superannuation death benefits.
Elder law & succession: May 2025
Important elder law cases on essential validity of wills, issues with enduring powers of attorney and recognition of informal wills.
Undue influence after Bosschieter v Howitt: can the remedy be simplified?
Courts are increasingly willing to step outside the traditional presumptive relationships of influence following recent adoption of UK case law.
Assessing capacity and managing risk: working with elderly clients
As the great wealth transfer looms, courts increasingly require solicitors to take a conservative approach in assessing testamentary capacity.
Elder law & succession: March 2025
Cases on when an estate’s administration is complete, managing non-complying SMSFs, cognitive impairment and testamentary capacity, and more. By DARRYL BROWNE.
Refresher: costs in probate and letters of administration matters
There is a scale of fixed costs for the various stages of probate/letters of administration, depending on the value of assets remaining at the time…