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A woman has won a family provision claim against the estate of her former husband after all his assets were left to his adult daughter. The deceased, a doctor, had divorced his wife in 1995, nearly 20 years before he died in 2014. The man passed away without executing a will, which means his $5 million estate underwent intestacy proceedings and was

A woman has successfully contested the will of her late mother, with the judge awarding the plaintiff $268,400 after a Supreme Court ruling. The claimant, who was the younger of two daughters, took her case to court when her mother left her entire estate to the plaintiff’s older sister, who was also the defendant and executor. According to court documents, the majority

For many people, 2016 is a year that will be infamous for the large number of celebrities who sadly passed away. David Bowie, George Michael, Carrie Fisher and Alan Rickman are just some of the famous faces who have died over the last 12 months. Stars often leave behind millions of dollars worth of wealth and assets, which can lead to

The 2006 amendment to the Motor Accident Compensation Act 1999 introduced two no fault schemes into Chapter 1 of the act. The first of which is for “recovery of compensation for blameless accident”. The act defines “blameless accidents” as: “a motor accident not caused by the fault of the owner or driver of any motor vehicle involved in the accident

As keen domestic and international travellers, many Australians will doubtless have been concerned about the series of high-profile aviation incidents that have grabbed headlines over the last couple of years. From the horror of the Germanwings Flight 4U9525 incident to the ongoing mystery surrounding the loss of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, there has been a worrying seeming uptick in major

Errors, misinterpretation or coming to the wrong conclusion using radiology or with imaging (X-rays, CT, ultrasound, bone scan, MRI, etc) can have a massive impact on your matter. Almost without exception, all claims for compensation involve imaging and some are in fact about mistakes made by radiologist who have missed things by either not reading the imagining properly or missing