Contested Wills & Estate Litigation

Our relevant and notable experience includes:

• Acted for a beneficiary in a significant Supreme Court inheritance claim in a deceased Estate with assets of more than $1 billion
• Acted for the executor in Supreme Court proceedings seeking interpretation of bequests in a Will.  The proceedings also dealt with the Charitable Trusts Act and whether the Court retained an inherent cy-pres power
• Acted for the executrix to defend Supreme Court proceedings seeking her removal, and concerning the interpretation of clauses in a Will
• Acted for family members in applications to the State Administrative Tribunal for guardianship and plenary administration powers, and in Supreme Court proceedings by administrators seeking to deal with Estate property
• Acted for the successful defendant in a Supreme Court family provision claim including a claim of a constructive trust over assets transferred during the deceased's lifetime
• Acted for a defendant in Supreme Court proceedings regarding a contested Will and Family Provision Act claim for a multi-million dollar Geraldton farming Estate, which was settled by deed of family arrangement
• Acted for the administrators of a deceased Estate in a claim against the deceased's former solicitor who meddled with the Estate's assets