Why is ‘trust and confidence’ with your lawyer important?
There are three key requirements: The first requirement is know-how. We will bring our knowledge and research capabilities to the table.
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How you can ‘know’ – a perspective on research
If you are wondering how to gain a measure of confidence about your legal position, read on.
Finding your positive motivation in a dispute
This reflects the fact that many people get into disputes because of base reasons like anger, irrationality, and desperation.
When a claim on an estate comes out of the blue
We helped them to understand the comparative strengths and weaknesses of their case
Why a letter demanding what you want isn’t enough.
We have all seen or heard about letters from lawyers like this. It’s what we call a wish list.
Our approach
Here are the three points that come up every time we help a client who wants to resolve a dispute.
Leverage and why you need it
If you are in a dispute, chances are that you already know what the other party ‘should’ do. Most likely, you feel frustrated because
How the court system works
If you have a dispute, there are two key things you need to appreciate about our court system.
When you feel something isn’t quite right.
Your father, your mother, or perhaps another relative set up a trust. You had a close relationship with this person before he or she passed
Trust disputes, in a nutshell
Most trust disputes involve a tug of war between two very basic ideas.
When beneficiaries are told that they have no rights
Each beneficiary has the right to be considered from time to time.
Information matters in trust cases
You are interested in how a trust has been run. The first thing to do is to look carefully at the information that is already available.
When you have raised a question and it didn’t go well
What happens when you raise a question and the trustees’ reaction seems unreasonable?
Declaratory judgments – and why they matter in trust disputes
The first thing you will notice about the Declaratory Judgments Act 1908 is its age. This is law has been around now for more than a century
An acrimonious scenario, after a relationship had ended
Dividing property in the aftermath of a failed relationship can unleash powerful emotions and can drive people to say and do things they..
A family case-study
A father wanted to ensure that his children would all receive equal treatment, so he set up a trust and appointed the eldest two children as
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