Wills & Estates
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29 Mar 2021
Do you need help with a will?
You may have heard local lawyer Katie Binstock, the Chair of our Elder Law & Succession Law Committee, chatting with Georgia Stynes on ABC Radio recently about why it’s important to have a legal will. We've compiled some useful resources on this topic.
23 Sep 2020
Best Practice Guide for Legal Practitioners in relation to Elder Financial Abuse
Guidance for legal practitioners to identify and address potential issues regarding elder financial abuse.
13 Aug 2020
How construing a Will can cause some headaches
In Ethos, our Elder Law Committee talks about the headaches caused by ‘standard’ wording in Wills, relying on a non-existant linguistic nirvana where everybody has the same interpretation of words.
13 May 2020
Changes to electronic witnessing of documents
Guidance on legislative changes in the COVID-19 Emergency Response Legislation Amendment Bill 2020 (ACT).
13 May 2020
Electronic witnessing of documents and other amendments
Guidance to members on legislative changes in the COVID-19 Emergency Response Legislation Amendment Bill 2020 (ACT).
14 Apr 2020
Witnessing Wills and Enduring Powers of Attorney
Guidance on witnessing Wills and Enduring Powers of Attorney when not attending on clients face to face.
14 Apr 2020
Electronic witnessing of documents
Guidance to members for electronic witnessing of Wills and Enduring Powers of Attorney.
3 Apr 2017
Dealing with a disputed Will
This guidance note sets out general instructions if a Will you have prepared is seriously disputed in contested probate proceedings.
Finding a missing will
Members of the public are welcome to submit Missing Will notices to the Law Society free of charge.
