Relationship breakdown after transfer of property JOHN owns a 400-acre cattle farm. He resides in a home that he built on the farm and has conducted a successful business for the last fifteen years. The farm was owned by John’s father and John grew up working on the property. John decides that

Will George get the bananas? JULIE and Brian had been married for 20 years. Brian owned a banana farm that had been in his family for generations. When updating their wills, they decided that their son, George would inherit the banana farm as he had worked on the farm since he

Abandoned and Extinguished JACK lives up the hill, from his neighbour, Jill. They reside on adjoining lots, backing-on to each other and access is via different street frontages. The lots were initially subdivided 60 years ago. The plan of subdivision identifies a right of carriageway, ten foot wide, running along Jill’s side

Broken promises lead to super squabble JOHN and Sally become romantically involved and a couple of years later, Sally moves into John’s home with her teenage son, Peter. John and Sally are soon married and they purchase and move into a new home. Peter had finished school and he moved into rental

DONALD and Nancy were both divorcees when they met on a moonlit beach. Their relationship blossomed and they were soon married. They decided to purchase a house together overlooking ‘their’ beach. Both Donald and Nancy had children from their previous marriages. Later in life, Nancy was diagnosed with dementia. Nancy’s doctor

TAG sells home gifted to charity ELIZABETH makes a will, leaving her “principal place of residence” to a particular charity. She leaves the rest of her estate to her nieces and nephews and appoints her friend, David as her executor. Ten years later, the NSW Trustee and Guardian are appointed as financial

Failure of gift leads to 5 year delay JOHN worked hard throughout his life, earning a modest wage and comfortably providing for himself. John was an only child and never married nor had children. The only family that John had contact with were two of his first cousins, Sarah and Rhianna, who

Building delays lead to breach of contract DAVE and Marg purchased their dream block of land, overlooking the river. Within a year their house was built. However, not quite content, they decided to put in an infinity pool. The custom pool drawings were completed and a pool building company was engaged. The contract between

DAVID, a successful businessman, has accumulated a multi-million dollar estate. Unfortunately, at the age of 65, David is diagnosed as suffering from dementia. Shortly thereafter, David appoints his daughter Robin as his financial manager, under an enduring power of attorney. During the course of a year, David also makes a number of substantial

Granddaughter pursues broken promises WHEN Penny and her father fall on tough times, they stay with Penny’s grandmother, Jane for twelve months. Penny is only ten years old at the time. After Penny and her father move-out, they maintain a close relationship with Jane. Unfortunately, Penny’s father unexpectedly passes-away, when Penny is in