For people wishing to understand and plan how to best ensure their assets, liabilities and legal responsibilities are appropriately dealt with upon their death.

It is very important to obtain legal advice when you are considering what happens when you pass away.

In order to ensure your wishes are carried out as you envisage, you may need to have certain things in place.

We can provide you with an estimate for the drafting and execution of your will once we understand your individual circumstances.

A grant of Probate is required in South Australia if a person who has passed away owned certain types of assets. For example, an executor or administrator of a deceased estate may not be able to deal with the deceased’s assets in some cases. For example, real estate will often require a grant of probate in order to be dealt with on a person’s death, as will shares, or money in a bank account if over a certain value.

A Power of Attorney is a legal document giving your legal powers to a person acting as your substitute. This might be required if you go away overseas and you need someone to make legal decisions for you, or if you become unwell and you cannot make legal and financial decisions for yourself.

We can help you with the drafting of Powers of Attorney, just click here to make an appointment.

We can assist you with the following matters, amongst others - contract reviews and disputes, insurance claims, debt collection, intellectual property, commercial agreements and franchise agrements.

We have experience in the South Australian Civil and Administrative Tribunal, and the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. See the SACAT and AAT websites for information on the jurisdiction of each specific tribunal.

We can assist you by providing you with advice on how to approach a matter, taking into account your individual circumstances. You can meet with us, speak on the telphone or have a video conference first in order to provide us with the relevant information.

See our sections on Powers of Attorney, Advance Care Directives, General Legal Advice, Commercial Law, Estate Planning and Succession Planning for more information.

When someone dies, you may not know what to do, or you might feel overwhelmed with all the tasks requiring completion.

We know how helpful it is to deal with people who have empathy during this process.

We can help you to understand what needs to be done next to finalise someone’s estate.

Whether you are an executor, administrator, prospective claimant or beneficiary, you should clearly understand your right and obligations.

We can assist you with planning an approach best for the circumstances, taking into account the very strict timeframes in which claims must be made.

Sometimes these disputes are known as ‘Family Inheritance Claims’.

These claims arise when a person believes the deceased did not provide for them adequately. We can help you understand the law in this area whether you are a claimant or defending a claim.

An Advance Care Directive (ACD) is a legal document signed by a person outlining who can make health and wellbeing decisions for them if they do not have capacity to make these decisions for themselves.

We can assist you with the preparation of an ACD, taking in to account the legal and practical ramifications.

We have experience in dealing with the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) regarding the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).

We can help participants with support plans, or reviews of decisions. For NDIS providers we can assist with regulatory information.