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Doyles Awards 2024

2024, Brisbane, Featured, Sydney

We are honoured to share that de Groots has once again been recognised in the 2024 Doyle’s Guide Awards across multiple categories. This acknowledgment…

Location, Location, Location! Notional Estate Orders in New South Wales

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Heir Tight, Family Provision, NSW, Sydney, Trusts, Wills

Australians generally enjoy testamentary freedom. This means that Australians can leave their assets to whomever they want in their wills. However, this freedom is…

Can you imagine spending half a million dollars in legal fees?

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Heir Tight, Estate Litigation, NSW, Sydney, Wills

By way of background, this case involved a question as to whether the deceased and the applicant were in a de facto relationship.

Claims by de facto partners

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Heir Tight, Beneficiary, Estate Litigation, Family Provision, NSW, Sydney

Recently there has been a number of cases involving de facto relationships or alleged de facto relationships in the Courts.

Defending a family provision application in NSW

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Heir Tight, Beneficiary, Contesting a Will, Estate Litigation, Executor, NSW, Sydney, Wills

By Maree Harris If you are an executor named in a Will, your role is to defend the Will if an applicant contests it,…

Recent Trends with NSW Applications for Provision and Step-Children

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Heir Tight, Beneficiary, Family Provision, NSW, Sydney, Wills

From 2017, the number of matters filed in the Family Provision List in the Supreme Court of NSW has steadily decreased, which is somewhat surprising.

“Charlene” The Crocodile

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Heir Tight, Beneficiary, NSW, Power of Attorney, Sydney, Wills

“Charlene”, the crocodile, has recently made headlines as the first thing cane farmer, John Casey, received under his late father’s will.

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