by nevettford | Dec 8, 2020 | Litigation
In the recent case of Joss v Joss [2020] VSC 424, the Court had to determine whether an a parent who provided for an adult child had a moral duty to continue to do so after his death, even when there was no legal obligation on the parent to do so. Background Peter...
by nevettford | Nov 11, 2020 | Litigation
In Victoria, if you are not included as a beneficiary under a Will, you can apply to the Supreme Court of Victoria for provision under Part IV of the Administration and Probate Act 1958 (Vic) (“the Act”). The Act provides that persons eligible to apply are: The...
by nevettford | Jul 13, 2020 | Litigation, Wills & Estates
The death of a loved one is difficult. Unfortunately it can become more difficult should you have been left out of the Will or if the provision made for you in the Will is not what you had expected. The law recognises a basic principle of freedom to testation –...
by nevettford | Jul 9, 2020 | Litigation, Wills & Estates
Blended families are common and can create complex situations especially with the death of one of the spouses. Large superannuation amounts, investments and property portfolios that the dead spouse may have brought into the second relationship have led to a rise in...
by nevettford | Jun 4, 2020 | Litigation, Not for Profit & Social Enterprise
On Tuesday 26 May 2020, Judge Chana Miriam Lomp of the Jerusalem District Court ruled Malka Leifer, former principal of the ultra-Orthodox Adass Israel School in Melbourne who stands accused of sexually abusing a number of her students, mentally fit to stand trial....
by nevettford | Apr 16, 2020 | Litigation
The High Court has ruled in favour of Cardinal Pell after serving just over a year of a six-year sentence for the sexual abuse of two choirboys. He has now walked free from Barwon Prison and living in Sydney. In his first television interview since being freed from...
