John Barbanera dispute over father's Will
1: Eldest brother’s claim for slice of late father’s Will rejected by Court | August 5, 2017

The Judge rejected the claimant’s claim for family provision from his late father’s Will because of his “comfortable” financial position of more than $5 million , where as his siblings had “real and oppressing financial concerns”…




Bojan Darveniza
2: Children Left Nothing Fighting for Darveniza Millions | March 19, 2014

A multi-millionaire property investor’s son, who was left nothing in his late father’s will, has been awarded $3 million dollars from his father’s $27 million estate…




Judge slams old boy who sued mother over estate
3: Judge slams old boy who sued mother over estate | February 25, 2014

An old boy from The King’s School who sued his mother for a share of his grandfather’s $5.5 million estate has been castigated by a Supreme Court judge for having a ”highly developed and unhealthy sense of entitlement”…




CLAIMS RISE: Supreme Court Justice and Queensland Law Reform Commission chair Roslyn Atkinson
4: Estates Lost as Adult Children Fight over Inheritances | April 13, 2013

ADULT children are demanding a greater share of their parents’ estates and are eating into assets to fight for more money…




will-and-testament
5: Family provision – are parents obliged to provide for an estranged adult child? | February 4, 2013

There is a tension between the right of a Will-maker to choose who will benefit from his or her estate and the frequent expectation by adult children that they will be the primary beneficiaries of their parent’s estate. ..




contested-wills
6: Where there’s a Will, there’s a chance for wasteful litigation | April 13, 2012

Wills, succession and family provisions provide the landscape for some of the spellbinding human dramas that unfold in the equity courts…