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will drafting
13 Dec 2021

Binding Financial Agreements & Will Drafting Essentials You Really Should Know About

  • Law, Wills and Estates
  • James Noble
Binding Financial Agreements & Will drafting essentials Will drafting is an important skill to possess as a junior solicitor. Unfortunately, you don’t always get the opportunity to refine your drafting skills in university which makes the leap into real-life practise particularly daunting.  The key question here is; what components are necessary to appropriately prepare wills as a junior solicitor?  After all, a negligence claim down the line could carry dire consequences for you and your principal, especially at the outset of your career.  Making a formal will  It is...
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Update Your Will
9 Aug 2021

8 Critical Reasons To Update Your Will Sooner Rather Than Later

  • General Law, Law
  • James Noble
It is very important that your Will is always current and up to date. Why? If the Coronavirus Pandemic has taught us anything, it’s that the future is unknown and preparation is key.  So, why should you update your Will? There are a number of reasons why this important task should be a priority for you. If anyone in your Will has died (i.e. Executor or Beneficiary), they should be removed. If your financial position has changed. If you have...
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Contesting A Deceased Estate If you believe that a deceased friend or family member’s Will does not reflect their last wishes or are concerned with the circumstances and nature of an updated will, you may challenge the validity of the Will. This situation commonly arises where the deceased friend or family member may not have been in the right state of mind to understand what they were doing, or, if a fellow family member has manipulated the persons wishes. To challenge a will, you must have an interest in the deceased person’s estate. In other words, you may be someone who is referred to in the Will, or if the person dies without a valid will in place, someone referred to under the laws of intestacy such as a spouse or child of the deceased. Reasons to Challenge a Will The most common reasons to challenge a Will include: 1. Fraud 2. Lack of testamentary capacity of the deceased when creating the Will; 3. Manipulation, coercion or undue influence; and 4. Absence of knowledge of the contents of the Will. As Wills are usually made when the deceased person is elderly, the most prominent concern is whether the Will maker had mental capacity to understand the contents of the Will. In circumstances where the Will maker lacks this capacity, the Will may be set aside by the Court. Before an order is made, the Court will consider whether the persons had a severe mental illness (such as Alzheimer’s) or a brain disease (such as Dementia) at the time the Will was made. Another reason to challenge a Will is if the Will maker was not aware of the contents of the Will or where they were pressured by someone to leave a particular item (usually property or another valuable asset) to a particular person where they would not usually have done so. If the Court decides this has been the case, the deceased’s previous Will is used. If no previous Will exists, the laws of intestacy will apply. Although a deceased person may not have a “Will” at the time of their passing, if the person wrote a letter setting out their final wishes in an informal document with their signature, the Court has the power to declare that document valid. In certain circumstances, this informal document may even be declared valid despite an earlier formal Will.
2 May 2019

What’re the Reasons for Contesting a Deceased Estate

  • Collaboration, Divorce
  • James Noble
Contesting A Deceased Estate If you believe that a deceased friend or family member’s Will does not reflect their last wishes or are concerned with the circumstances and nature of an updated will, you may challenge the validity of the Will. This situation commonly arises where the deceased friend or family member may not have been in the right state of mind to understand what they were doing, or if a fellow family member has manipulated the person's wishes. To...
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DIY Will Kit
2 Oct 2018

Is A DIY Will Kit A Killer Choice?

  • Brisbane Family Lawyer, Law
  • James Noble
Are you thinking about doing getting a DIY Will Kit? DIY will Kit: The letters “DIY” seem to apply to just about everything these days, and one area of 'do it yourself that is growing in popularity is the DIY will kit. It’s advisable that we all have some type of will (no matter what), and with the internet making everything so accessible in the modern world, DIY will kit seems to be all the rage. Is a DIY Will...
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