wills

Can a criminal record affect your ability to inherit from a will?

Here, a legal counsel unpacks whether a criminal record can impact an individual’s eligibility to inherit under a...

15 November 2024

By Grace Robbie

BigLaw firm, CLCs combine to launch free wills clinic in WA

A national law firm and a number of community legal services and pro bono lawyers have joined forces to provide free...

26 June 2023

By Lauren Croft

The innovative evolution of wills and estates

Whilst wills and estates has historically been a paper-heavy practice area, this firm’s transition to paperless...

17 November 2022

By Lauren Croft

New research to examine will technologies

Education on writing a will should start in schools and be taught hand in hand with financial literacy, according to...

12 September 2022

By Lauren Croft

Wills and estates space ‘is constantly evolving’

In recent years, the wills and estates space has shifted from a sub-category of law to a specialist discipline area —...

25 August 2022

By Lauren Croft

Wills and estate planning means ‘helping people every day’

This firm principal has found that clients appreciate her life experience and challenges after she graduated law school...

28 July 2022

By Lauren Croft

Meet the surrogacy lawyer standing for the Greens in Wills

Sarah Jefford is “sick of the mediocrity” in federal politics. This, coupled with her strong sense of social...

12 April 2022

By Robyn Tongol

‘No other state disadvantages its community to this extent’

Over 30 years ago, legislative change was promised to Western Australians – but the Western Australian Law Society...

07 December 2021

By Lauren Croft

Free wills clinics offered to remote communities

Remote communities in Western Australia have been afforded access to free wills clinics as part of a broader project to...

16 November 2021

By Lauren Croft