Euthanasia – We can live without it…

Without making light of an extremely complex moral and ethical issue, the present position of the Queensland Parliament is that Queenslanders can live without euthanasia. The Queensland Government is yet to adopt any formal position on the issue – although the...Read More

“Who gets the fishing gear?”

In a recent Supreme Court of Queensland case, the Judge was asked to interpret the meaning of a clause in a Will that gave “all of the fishing gear” and a 37ft fishing trawler to the deceased’s son. The question for the judge was, “does the fishing gear include the...Read More

It’s enough to give you the (estate planning) blues…

Not only did one Mr James Tedesco sink the hearts of all Queenslanders with a last-minute try to clinch this year’s State of Origin Series, now those pesky southerners are trying to disrupt the estate plans of us Queenslanders!! The laws in New South Wales relating to...Read More