Blog & insights

For many Western Australian families, the conversation about updating a Will happens late, sometimes too late.

Unless you have been living under a rock, it is difficult to have missed the explosion of cryptocurrency into the public consciousness over the last five years, transforming from a fringe idea on the edges of financial relevance, to what some sources say is a $91.43bn market in Australia alone.

When mediation fails, estate disputes move into litigation – a structured process governed by evidence and legal principle

A Will may be invalid in Western Australia if it wasn’t properly signed or witnessed, if the Will-maker lacked testamentary capacity, or if there are concerns about undue influence, fraud, or suspicious circumstances.

There is a conversation happening in Western Australia right now. Or rather – and this is the problem – there isn’t.

Contesting a Will in Western Australia can involve significant legal costs, particularly if a dispute proceeds to trial rather than resolving through mediation or negotiation.

You’re generally free to leave assets to your grandchildren, but family provision laws mean your children may still have a claim

Contesting a Will in Western Australia usually means a family provision claim, but some disputes are really challenges to the validity of the Will.

Leaving an inheritance to someone you love is an act of care. But where that person is vulnerable being through age, disability, addiction, financial difficulty, or relationship instability, an unprotected inheritance can do more harm than good.