Recent Wins

There were 3 other aggrieved parties challenging the will as well. We picked up the case on the Thursday, and ran the hearing on the Monday for 5 days.

Julian, although completely out of the will, won his case and was awarded some $240,000.

We commenced proceedings and despite a lack of contact and lack of willingness to negotiate from the other party, we were able to finalise a settlement at a mediation. Our client did not accept the other side’s estimation of the value of the property so we were able to negotiate our costs paid from the Estate in full, the Estate’s costs paid from the Estate in full and our client to receive 30% of the leftover from the Estate after the house is sold. Our client was very happy with this result.

One of his daughters was not happy with the amount she was left and retained lawyers who commenced proceedings in the Supreme Court of New South Wales claiming approximately 25% of the estate.

We were able to successfully defend the will and resolved the matter by only paying approximately 10% of the estate to the challenging party, This settlement was obtained even before a hearing date was allocated so the family of the deceased was happy to get it over and done with for a relatively small amount in a relatively short period of time.

Our client was completely left out of the current will but was a beneficiary in the previous will done some 10 years ago. The new will was completed a couple of months before death.

We were able to negotiate a settlement prior to commencing proceedings in the Supreme Court in the amount of $135,000. This was much more than half of the entire total of the estate. Our client was very happy with this as she was the niece of the deceased and left out of the will.

Despite not living with the deceased or having much of a relationship with the deceased up until his death we were able to show that Lenka was eligible and had needs therefore, resulting in the estate agreeing to pay the $250,000 within one year of Premier Lawyers being instructed.