It is business as usual for Attwood Marshall Lawyers during the COVID-19 pandemic. As an essential business, we remain open,…
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Choosing an Executor, Executors’ duties and what to do if Executors don’t get along (Podcast & Blog)
The role of the Executor is crucial, and a willmaker should give a great deal of consideration to whom they…
Attwood Marshall Lawyers’ successful Radio 4CRB segment – ‘LawTalks’ – is here for another year, writes Wills & Estates Partner…
When a couple go through a separation there are a myriad of legal aspects to consider. Separation can be a…
There seems to have been a dramatic increase in accountants and financial planners offering ‘estate planning’ advice to their clients. …
Defending a contested will can be a complicated and stressful event for executors. Estate Litigation Associate April Kennedy gives valuable…
Experienced estate litigation solicitor, and Attwood Marshall Lawyers Senior Associate, Lucy McPherson, discusses the Will contest over Bob Hawke’s estate….
Attwood Marshall Lawyers Legal Practice Director Jeff Garrett spoke to 4CRB community radio about the role of a lawyer as…
If you are an estranged family member contesting a Will, a recent Tasmanian case highlights what the court considers in…
If you have been left out of a Will or not adequately provided for by someone who you have a…
Not just anyone can bring a family provision application. Only certain categories of people defined under the legislation are eligible…
Once eligibility is established, the legal test applied in family provision applications is, in summary, as follows: whether there…
For a person to bring themselves within the meaning of a de facto spouse for the purpose of a family…
Many couples separate permanently but remain married and do not obtain a divorce. The legal issues if one of them…
Duties of an executor when a claim is made against the estate Legal Practice Director Jeff Garrett discusses this issue…
The consequences of DIY Wills. You would be surprised by how many wealthy people die without a Will or don’t…
In this podcast, Estate Planning expert, Angela Harry discusses the inherent risks of not taking your estate planning seriously, in…
We are all familiar with the archetypal stereotype of the beautiful young woman who beguiles a rich elderly man and…
This famous statement of Benjamin Franklin in 1789 is very much as relevant today as it was in the 18th…
George Williams, the father of one of Australia’s most infamous criminals Carl Williams, died of a heart attack on 12…
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