Siblings seek closure after 50 years WILLIAM disappeared 50 years ago, when he was in his mid-20s. He was not married and had no children. William’s sister, Jane discovers that William had superannuation and life insurance. However, Jane is unable to have the funds released because there was no will and no

Beware of conveyancing traps ADAM wants to buy a property but has not obtained finance approval. He instructs his solicitor to add a ‘subject to finance clause’ into the contract which will allow him to secure the property, but also terminate the agreement if he is unable to obtain finance. The clause

Promises lead to claim on real estate ROBERT and his mother, Janice each own neighbouring properties. Robert moves-in with his mother to look after her and decides to rent-out his property. Robert’s work as a truck driver means that he is often away. David has been a good friend of Robert’s for many years

Silent Night IT’S gift giving time, so what better time to be reminded of your consumer rights? Meet Dean. Dean decides to buy his sixteen-year-old son, Tom, speakers and an amplifier for Christmas. After Christmas, Tom has his mates over for a party. Disastrously, the speakers blow and the party is a “silent night”. The

PAUL makes a will, appointing his best friend and business colleague, Michael as his executor. Paul appoints his brother David as his back-up executor. Paul leaves the whole of his estate to his wife and children. When Paul passes-away, Michael obtains a grant of probate and begins performing his executorial duties

Contracts and questionable capacity JOHN decides to sell his home and retains a real estate agent in early December. The property is promptly listed for sale. The agent meets with John several times at John’s house and finds John to be quite an easy-going man. The agent does not receive an offer

AMANDA and Robert meet each other in their early 50s and begin dating. After a few months, they consider themselves to be boyfriend and girlfriend. After Robert’s mother passes-away, he decides to move-in with this father, so that he can look after him. Shortly after moving-in, Robert invites Amanda to come

How a hooked fish leads to a family fallout LEON and Megan had been married for 30 years, they lived in a large house overlooking a pristine river where they would often fish in their younger years. One morning Leon, who had not caught a fish for a long time, finally got

Online Wills – Buy cheap, pay dear STEVE and Sally were recently married and wisely decide to update their wills. Steve has no children but is very close to his nephew and his sister. Sally has three adult children from a previous relationship. Steve researches making an online will and after viewing several ads,

A not-so-binding death benefit nomination SUSIE and John are high school sweethearts. They marry young and shortly after, their son Joey is born. Unfortunately, their marriage begins to deteriorate when Joey is only two years old. In anticipation that they will soon divorce, John makes a non-lapsing Binding Death Benefit Nomination (BDBN) with