Latest Wills and estates

SME Law 18 June 2024 ByNaomi NeilsonJailed lawyer who ‘robbed Peter to pay Paul’ struck off

A senior lawyer jailed for taking over $2 million during an elaborate misappropriation scheme has been removed from the...

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Big Law 13 June 2024 ByNaomi NeilsonRural lawyer publicly reprimanded for botching will matter

Clients were left with “very little recourse” to contest a will because their rural Queensland lawyer failed to...

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Big Law 10 June 2024 ByNaomi NeilsonDisciplinary shadow hangs over barrister’s work on estate

A lawyer has stepped away from an estate matter over concerns his involvement could trigger disciplinary action.

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Big Law 17 May 2024 ByNaomi NeilsonWomen fight Qld Law Society over money stolen by struck-off lawyer

The Queensland Law Society failed to stop money being paid to two women who claimed their brother’s lawyer stole more...

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Big Law 10 May 2024 ByNaomi NeilsonLawyer reprimanded for conduct relating to uncle’s estate

A Perth lawyer was publicly reprimanded for repeatedly snubbing letters from a law firm about her uncle’s estate.

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Big Law 01 January 1980 ByNaomi NeilsonVictorian lawyer sunk client’s money into ‘bizarre’ scam

A former Victorian principal lawyer has faced criminal charges for stealing $420,000 from two clients’ estates and...

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Big Law 03 March 2023 ByJerome Doraisamy‘Succession nerd’ joins Keypoint as consulting principal

Emerging BigLaw firm Keypoint continues to bolster its number of consulting principals, this time with the appointment...

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SME Law 02 December 2022 ByJerome Doraisamy78 new accredited specialists named in Victoria

Practitioners in children’s law, commercial law, commercial litigation, criminal law, immigration, wills and estates,...

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SME Law 17 November 2022 ByLauren CroftThe innovative evolution of wills and estates

Whilst wills and estates has historically been a paper-heavy practice area, this firm’s transition to paperless...

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SME Law 25 August 2022 ByLauren CroftWills and estates space ‘is constantly evolving’

In recent years, the wills and estates space has shifted from a sub-category of law to a specialist discipline area —...

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