As a small business owner, your days are filled with decision-making, strategising, managing, supervising, finances, customers and so much more. You live and breathe your business. However, all-consuming your business is, though, it’s important to keep an eye on the big picture. After all, you don’t want all your efforts to be wasted or lost… Read More
You may have heard about cases involving Will disputes where the will-maker has left nothing of value in the estate to satisfy an expectant beneficiary. These issues typically stem from long-standing family feuds or where the will-maker anticipates that a family provision claim will be made on his or her estate. In a bid to… Read More
The question of mental capacity is an important consideration in will making and can be a contentious issue. How often do we hear family members arguing over a loved-one’s ‘state-of-mind’ and ‘what Grandad would have wanted’ when sadly, his memory and ability to make reasonable decisions comes into question. This may be due simply to… Read More
After a person dies someone has to look after the assets of that person and pay the person’s debts. Although the person is no longer here, his or her affairs must be finalised and the person to finalise the affairs is appointed by the Will of the deceased. Where a person is appointed by a… Read More
You and your partner have decided to take your lives in different directions. You closed joint bank accounts, divided furniture and other assets, but you forgot to attend to your Wills until one of you died. What happens now? Your ex-de facto wants his or her share, your other family members think “They were never… Read More