New intestacy rules have been recently come into effect. If you die without leaving a Will you are said to have died “intestate”. This is known as a “full intestacy”. A “partial intestacy” can occur where someone dies, leaving a Will but that Will fails to dispose of the entire estate. The part of the estate that has not been
INTRODUCTION This paper is being delivered in the context of “New Directions for Your Legal Practice” and looks at the incorporation of legal practices and strategic alliances as being a part of that “new” direction. However, neither the idea of incorporation of legal practices nor that of forming strategic alliances are exactly “new”. It has, for example, been possible since 1
In 2003 His Honour Justice Robert Benjamin, then the President of the Law Society of New South Wales, returned to Australia from attending the ABA conference keen to introduce the legal profession to collaborative practice. A Collaborative Law sub-committee was established which investigated how to generate training for lawyers interested in becoming collaborative law practitioners. It was not until July
On 5 February 2007 there were approximately 190 trained collaborative professionals inAustraliapractising in four states and the ACT. On 2 March 2007 the Australian Attorney-General will simultaneously launch websites for associations representing approximately 330 collaborative practitioners in four states and the ACT. Collaborative practitioners inTasmaniahave not yet formed as association. During February eight international trainers were inAustraliato facilitate this growth