When is probate required in Queensland, and can you avoid it?
Probate is not needed for every Queensland estate, and no law sets a general dollar threshold. Whether you need a grant depends on how each asset was owned and whether...
Probate, executors, wills and enduring powers of attorney.
Probate is not needed for every Queensland estate, and no law sets a general dollar threshold. Whether you need a grant depends on how each asset was owned and whether...
No Queensland law sets a total time for probate. Getting the grant includes a notice period of at least 14 days and the Supreme Court registry's check, and the Public...
An executor is the person a will names to manage the estate, and in Queensland the role starts at death, not when probate is granted. The main jobs are to...
There is no single price for a will in Queensland. A will kit has a listed price but you do the work, the Public Trustee charges no fee to prepare...
A general power of attorney covers money and property, and it ends if you lose capacity. An enduring power of attorney keeps working after you lose capacity and can cover...
Leaving an adult child with an addiction out of your will does not stop them asking the court for provision from your estate. In Queensland, another way is to leave...
Contesting a will, the time limits, what it costs and what beneficiaries can do.
In Queensland, a spouse, a child (including a stepchild or adopted child) or certain dependants can ask the court for more from an estate through a family provision application. The...
In Queensland, you generally have 9 months from the death to file a family provision application in court (Succession Act 1981 (Qld) s 41(8)). The court can allow a late...
In Queensland, a spouse, child or certain dependants can ask the court for more from an estate by filing a family provision application, generally within 9 months of the death....
An executor must carry out the will, keep accurate accounts, act honestly and in good faith for the beneficiaries and distribute the estate as soon as may be. If not,...
There is no set price to contest a will in Queensland, because the cost depends mostly on whether a family provision claim settles early, at mediation or after a court...
Time limits and how claims work after a road, work or public place injury.
Most Queensland injury claims have two time limits: a notice deadline, usually within 9 months and sometimes much sooner, and a court time limit, which is generally 3 years. Which...
A CTP claim is a claim for compensation for an injury caused by a motor vehicle in Queensland, made against the CTP insurer of the vehicle at fault. Someone other...
After a work injury in Queensland you may have two claims. A statutory WorkCover claim pays benefits without anyone proving fault, while a common law claim seeks damages from your...
In Queensland, a fall on its own does not make anyone else legally responsible, but you may have a claim if the person or business in control of the place...
Leases, buying a business, shareholders and structures for a family business.
Before you sign a shop or office lease in Queensland, check whether the Retail Shop Leases Act 1994 applies, then check the full cost, option dates, permitted use, repairs and...
In Queensland you usually cannot end a commercial lease early just because you want to leave. You need a route your lease or the law allows, such as assigning the...
Before you sign to buy a business in Queensland, check the takings, the assets and any finance over them, the stock price (SAV or WIWO), the lease, the staff and...
A shareholders agreement is a private contract between a company's owners. No law requires one, but without it your company runs on its constitution or the Corporations Act's default rules,...
Estate and business succession planning means deciding who will own and run your family business when you retire, lose capacity or die. How that works depends on the structure. Your...
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