Wills and Estates
WILLS AND ESTATES DISPUTES
There are few areas of dispute which are as costly and as destructive of relationships as disputes concerning Wills and estates. It is common for families to be torn apart and relationships irreversibly destroyed as a result of the acrimony and unpleasantness associated with litigated proceedings concerning a Will or the division of an estate. The consequence may be that
A MOVE TO COLLABORATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION
The adversarial method of dispute resolution has been tried and tested throughout the common law world and is today still the most common form of dispute resolution in western societies. Why then is there an ever increasing number of people, both litigants and lawyers, who take the view that the Courts do not dispense justice, they simply provide certainty through
New Intestacy Rules
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