Hypotheticals by Manny Wood. Published in the Coffs Coast Advocate on 25 July 2015. Jane died at the age of 93, leaving an estate valued at approximately $1.25 million. Jane was widowed many years ago and is survived by her 3 children, namely Jack, Jill and John. Jane’s last will left a gift of $100,000 to Jack’s only child and left the rest of her estate to Jill and John equally. Jack was disinherited. […]
Published in the Coffs Coast Advoate on 18 July 2015 by Jack Blaxland. John is a farmer who has a farm where he breeds beef cattle. […]
Published in the Coffs Coast Advocate on 11 July 2015 by Jack Blaxland. James was driving his motor vehicle on a Saturday morning and was stationary at a set of traffic lights when a motor vehicle collided with the rear of his vehicle at a fairly high speed causing his vehicle to catapult forward. Immediately after the accident James felt pain in his neck. […]
Published in the Coffs coast Advocate on 4 July 2015. Robert dies at the age of 62, leaving 4 children. Robert’s 19-year-old son, John was diagnosed with autistic spectrum disorder and mild intellectual disability when he was a child. Robert left a will that was made shortly before his death, leaving John the sum of $50,000. He left the rest of his estate to a female friend and appointed her as his executor. […]
Published in the Coffs Coast Advocate on 27 June 2016. When Jack’s wife, Helen unexpectedly dies, he discusses her funeral arrangements with Helen’s mother, Jane. Jane tells Jack that she owns a burial plot together with a license to permit the burial of two persons on the same plot. She tells Jack that due to her late husband being cremated, she will not need to use the plot in the future. […]
Published in the Coffs Coast Advocate on 20 June 2015. Nadia is a 75-year-old widow. She came to Australia in 1970 and is unable to read or write English. She also has difficulties understanding spoken English. Ten years ago, Nadia was involved in a motor vehicle accident and suffered significant injuries for which she received $50,000 in compensation. […]
Published in the Coffs Coast Advocate on 13 June 2015. Jack and Jill have been married for more than 30 years. They have 3 children together and they own a valuable piece of real estate jointly. Jack moved out 10 years ago when Jill entered into a relationship with Jane. […]
Published in the Coffs Coast Advocate on 6 June 2015. During the course of their 16 year marriage, Jack and Jill had 3 children. Jack and Jill divorced 20 years ago and Jill received the bulk of their assets by way of a property settlement. […]
Published in the Coffs Coast Advocate on 30 May 2015. Max migrated to Australia 6 years ago. He still owns real estate overseas and in order to sell the property, his overseas solicitor has asked him to take a power of attorney to a “notary public” in Australia for execution. The power of attorney gives his overseas solicitor the authority to sign documents on Max’s behalf and generally facilitate settlement of the transaction. […]
Published in the Coffs Coast Advocate on 23 May 2015. Max owns a local small business trading as a plumbing supplier. Max’s business has recently suffered a number of bad debts relating to his customer’s accounts and he seeks advice from a solicitor regarding how he can protect his business when setting up accounts in the future. […]