Her Honour Justice Atkinson of the Supreme Court recently granted a respondent’s application for summary judgement against the applicants in a Family Provision Application. Reason? Well, they filed an Originating Application (in December 2013) but hadn’t managed to follow up with further material in support of their application; save as to offer some information regarding financial…
Category: Litigation
In the News: Hutchence family estate dispute..
The Hutchence family have certainly been the news for many other things, but this time it’s about wills and estates! With both a dispute of capacity to make a Will and a family provision claim by Rhett Hutchence on mum’s estate – find the article by Courier Mail here.
Family Provision and Application for Summary Dismissal
It’s just convenient that this was a topic discussed at the Queensland Law Society’s 11th Annual Succession Law Conference this weekend by Mr Lee Nevison, Barrister, in a very informative discussion on interlocutory applications. I subsequently found a recent case considering an Application for Summary Dismissal. The facts are: Deceased left estate in Queensland –…