International wills - update on progress *

Australia - April 9 2013
In our December 2012 edition of Wills Watch, we monitored the progress of amendments to the various Wills Acts across Australian jurisdictions to…

Co-authors: Alan Jessup, Robert Gartside, Angela Burford, Kerri McElwaine, Rod Foster Jones.

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Fractitious families *

Australia - April 9 2013
On 20 February 2013 the Supreme Court of South Australia was again asked to determine whom would be the appropriate person to administer the estate…

Co-authors: Alan Jessup, Robert Gartside, Angela Burford, Kerri McElwaine, Rod Foster Jones.

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Statutory wills – the court’s power to amend wills *

Australia - April 9 2013
The Supreme Court of Queensland was asked to consider whether it could authorise a codicil for Mr Matsis to amend the terms of his Will to provide…

Co-authors: Alan Jessup, Robert Gartside, Angela Burford, Kerri McElwaine, Rod Foster Jones.

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Interpretation and rectification of a will *

Australia - April 9 2013
In December 2012 the Queensland Supreme Court was asked to consider who was entitled to receive a portion of the estate where a beneficiary…

Co-authors: Alan Jessup, Robert Gartside, Angela Burford, Kerri McElwaine, Rod Foster Jones.

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“Attorneys for executors” – who can act if an executor is unable to? *

Australia - April 9 2013
The Supreme Court of South Australia was asked whether an executor's attorney could apply for a Grant of Probate on the executor's behalf. The…

Co-authors: Alan Jessup, Robert Gartside, Angela Burford, Kerri McElwaine, Rod Foster Jones.

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