Our lawyers have extensive experience in dealing with detailed and complex deceased Estate issues and are well respected amongst the legal profession as fair and sensible litigators. We represent both trustees and executors, to beneficiaries of deceased estates, and emphasise the resolution of disputes through mediating and negotiation with minimal cost to the Estate.
WE ADVISE ON A RANGE OF ISSUES INCLUDING:
- Trustees’ and Executors’ legislative and fiduciary obligations
- Trustee’s Act 1962 matters
- Applications under the Administration Act 1903
- Validity of a Will (incapacity, fraud, coercion, duress or undue influence)
- Contesting a Will and pursuing a claim for further provision from a deceased Estate in accordance with the Family Provision Act 1972