Pens – what colour?

Pens – what colour is acceptable to sign a legal document? We recently had a client who urgently contacted us saying that she had signed

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Invalid Wills

At a recent Wills session for the Salvation Army we were asked on a couple of occasions whether changing address invalidates a Will. It does

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Digital assets

Planning for the administration of digital assets by your executor after death is becoming an increasingly complex and pressing problem. What does an executor do

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Court made Wills

In some circumstances the Supreme Court can make a Will for a person who lacks testamentary capacity. This power is given to the court in

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Family Agreements

Family agreements, or more colloquially ‘granny flat agreements’ are predicted to become a more and more important part of the aged care landscape in the

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Let’s “advance”

A visiting American dignitary was recently interviewed on the radio and indicated that he was leaving a government position.  The announcer asked if he was

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Our ageing population

Tim Colebatch recently wrote an article in the Age about our ageingpopulation and the future costs to the community of that process.The article was full

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