Estate Litigation

Misuse of Enduring Power of Attorney Documents

An Enduring Power of Attorney (EPOA) is a legal document under which a person (the principal) appoints someone else (the attorney) to make financial and legal decisions on their behalf. An attorney may be authorised to operate bank accounts, pay expenses, manage investments, sign documents, and buy or sell property, depending on how the document is drafted. Powers of attorney can be exercised from the date the document is signed, and critically, continue to operate

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Do You Have Grounds For An Inadequate Family Provision Claim?

Lately, I’ve found myself thinking a lot about cuckoos. Not the clock kind. The bird kind. And the humans who embody the very same traits. Depending on how you feel about audacity, the common cuckoo is either one of nature’s most impressive operators or its most shameless freeloader. What it lacks in brightly coloured plumage, it makes up for in deviousness. It lays its eggs in another bird’s nest, where the host bird raises the

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