#53 Challenge Accepted: Will Disputes 101

In this special episode, our guest speaker Timothy Morton breaks down the fundamental principles a will can be challenged. He’ll step us through the main ways a will can be attacked and some of the key cases in this area. You can watch Timothy's full presentation on youtube. The cases discussed in this episode include: Hatsatouris v Hatsatouris [2001] NSWCA 408 Estate of Masters; Hill v Plummer; Plummer v Hill (1994) 33 NSWLR 446 Yazbek v Yazbek [2012] NSWSC 594 Estate Angius [2013] NSWSC 1895 Application of Brown; Estate of Springfield (1991) 23 NSWLR 535 Baumanis v Praulin (1980) 25 SASR 423 Estate of Elzow [2018] VSC 498 Borthwick v Mitchell [2017] NSWSC 1145 Re White; Montgomery & Anor v Taylor [2018] VSC 16 Estate of Slavinskyj (1988) 53 SASR 221 Re Nichol; Nichol v Nichol & Anor [2017] QSC 220 Re Yu [2013] QSC 322 Re Besanko [2020] VSC 170 Re Estate of Wai Fun Chan, deceased [2015] NSWSC 1107 Mitchell v Mitchell [2010] WASC 174 Summerville v Walsh [1998] NSWCA 222 In the estate of Öpik [2022] ACTSC 338 Estate of Blakely (1983) 32 SASR 473 Estate of Daly [2012] NSWSC 555 Bailey v Bailey [1924] HCA 21 Gertsch v Roberts; The Estate of Gertsch (1993) 35 NSWLR 631 Re Estate Capelin, deceased [2022] NSWSC 236 Azzopardi v Smart (The estate of Alice Ann Smart) (1992) 27 NSWLR 232 Copeland v Ellis and Hall [2025] ACTSC 304 Estate of Theresa Katalinic; Vea & Katalinic v Katalinic [2020] NSWSC 805 Nobarani v Mariconte [2018] HCA 36 Banks v Goodfellow (1870) LR 5 QB 549 Carr v Homersham [2018] NSWCA 65 Timbury v Coffee [1941] HCA 22 Estate Cockell; Cole v Paisley [2016] NSWSC 349 Estate Rofe [2021] NSWSC 257 Peacock v Knox [2025] NSWCA 160 Trustee for the Salvation Army (NSW) Property Trust v Becker [2007] NSWCA 136 Petrovski v Nasev; The Estate of Janakievska [2011] NSWSC 1275 Nock v Austin [1918] HCA 73 Pastrello v Saeedi [2025] ACTSC 26 Wintle v Nye [1959] 1 WLR 284 Pontifical Society for the Propagation of the Faith v Scales [1962] HCA 19 Singer v Berghouse [1994] HCA 40 Wheat v Wisbey [2013] NSWSC 537 Sgro v Thompson [2017] NSWCA 326 Alexiou v Alexiou [2025] NSWCA 164 Bassett v Bassett [2021] NSWCA 320 McCosker v McCosker (1957) 97 CLR 566 Re Fulop Deceased (1987) 8 NSWLR 679 Alexiou v Alexiou [2024] NSWSC 1340 Madigan v Love; Madigan v Love [2025] NSWSC 558

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