(Pictured: Phillip McGowan, The Honourable Justice Ward and Dr John de Groot) On 4 October 2017 The Honourable Justice Ward, Chief Judge in Equity launched a new reference book for practitioners in the field of wills and estates, de Groots Wills, Probate and Administration Practice (New South Wales). The text has been specifically written and […]
It’s been said that lawyers are much like firefighters – called to help on what might be the worst days of a client’s life. Once the fires’ doused and business and/or personal crises return to normality, there is little ongoing need for a lawyer in one’s day-to-day life beyond the provision of good counsel and […]
This article was originally published in the STEP Journal Volume 25/Issue 2. I was recently asked to address a group of students at a university college on the approaches that have sustained me over the 30-plus years I have been practising law, which have largely been spent in wills and estates. I observed that it […]