Recent Wins

Colleen was disinherited by her father and there were 7 other potential claimants.  The estate was so small that any will dispute had the potential to ensure that no one was left with anything if the estate was not handled with great caution and care.

We were able to do this and resolve the matter for our client for a satisfactory amount.

Our client owned her own home with no mortgage, a good income and very low needs.

Despite these obvious hurdles we were able to get a very good result for Gail and worked well into the night before the mediation to get it resolved to save the costs of the mediation which was much appreciated as those savings went straight to Gail.

Shannon suffers from a number of physical and psychological conditions and relied heavily upon the private health insurance paid by her father whilst he was alive. Once he passed this got cut off as the business partner/de facto refused to pay the ongoing costs. During a pandemic!!

Premier Lawyers stepped in and paid the monthly fees for the duration of the claim (interest-free) and took the matter to a mediation where we negotiated a resolution which resulted in Shannon receiving more than 60% of the Estate.

In our experience daughters against de facto’s generally get awarded a much lower percentage so this was a very good result.

In addition, there were a number of family heirlooms that held great sentimental value to Shannon and we were able to get the Estate to agree to release these to Shannon and delivered them to Shannon free of charge.

There were approximately 8 parties involved and mediation was held via zoom and we were able to negotiate a settlement for Tris to receive 47.5% of the Estate. Much better than the 1% he was originally left.

We were told that Tris was left so little because his mother changed the will after Tris got divorced because she liked his then-wife.

Premier Lawyers commenced proceedings in Victoria and mediation was arranged with the judicial registrar and court-appointed mediator presiding. It was a very stressful claim as there were allegations of sexual abuse and further issues causing great distress to Michelle.

Michelle’s brother had greater needs than she and we were able to come to an agreement that saw Michelle receive approximately 40% of the 90% left to her brother.