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Wills & Estate Planning
Documents that record your wishes clearly and hold up when they are needed.
- Simple and complex Wills
- Testamentary trusts
- Powers of attorney
- Letters of wishes
- Succession planning
- Estate-plan reviews
Our Legal Services
Clear, practical legal guidance across estate planning, probate, family law, commercial matters and property.
Practice areas
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Testamentary Trusts & Estate Planning
Trust structures written into a Will, where beneficiaries need protection or staged control.
- Testamentary trust Wills
- Trustee and beneficiary provisions
- Protective structures for vulnerable beneficiaries
- Control and distribution mechanics
- Review of existing estate plans
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Probate & Estate Administration
Two distinct services: obtaining the grant, and administering the estate through to distribution.
- Grant-only legal assistance
- Full deceased-estate administration
- Probate and letters of administration
- Executor and administrator guidance
- Assets, liabilities and distribution
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Family Law
Assistance for separating couples and parents, with an emphasis on resolving matters by agreement.
- Separation
- Parenting arrangements
- Property settlements
- Consent orders
- Binding financial agreements
- Negotiation and mediation
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Commercial & Business Law
Documenting the arrangements a business runs on, from contracts to ownership and succession.
- Commercial contracts
- Business transactions
- Business agreements
- Structuring
- Shareholder and partnership arrangements
- Business succession
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Property Conveyancing
Legal work for buying and selling property, including the contract review before you commit.
- Property purchases
- Property sales
- Contract reviews
- Transfer and settlement work
- Residential and commercial work, where offered
Grant-only assistance and full estate administration are not the same service
Grant-only legal assistance
We prepare and lodge the application so the grant can be obtained. Administration after the grant remains with the executor.
Included
- Review of the Will and eligibility to apply
- Preparation of the application and supporting affidavits
- Advertising and lodgement with the Court
- Responding to Court requisitions on the application
Not included
- Collecting assets or paying estate liabilities
- Estate accounts and distribution to beneficiaries
- Transfers or sales of estate property
Full deceased-estate administration
We act throughout the administration, from the grant to final distribution, working alongside the executor at each step.
Included
- The grant application, as above
- Identifying and collecting estate assets
- Liabilities, notices and estate accounts
- Property transfers and sales as the estate requires
- Distribution to beneficiaries and finalising the estate