In some kinds of matters, some law firms will conduct litigation on a “No Win – No Fee” basis.  This is usually where the lawyer is very confident of the likely success of the claim, and often where the lawyer would expect to take their fees out of the claim proceeds.  “No Win – No […]

Often accountants will order trust documents (superannuation deeds or discretionary/family trusts) from various providers, and the clients will sign these or adopt them without taking legal advice. These widely used documents are not always correct, and the issues with them tend to be legal issues so they are not appreciated by the accountants. A common […]

It seems as though this blog page could be entirely populated by recent decisions on home made wills.  Certainly, home made wills are fertile ground for litigation with the resulting benefit flowing to lawyers acting in that litigation.  In this case, the Queensland Supreme Court in Bain v Demarchi [2023] QSC 199 has considered a […]

Often when drawing wills, lawyers are faced with instructions where the will maker does not want to give a direct gift to their child for various reasons.  In some cases, it might be that they are estranged from the child, or that they have had a very bad history with the child, or that the […]