OCTOBER
- Commentaries updated regarding deceased estates and foreign resident capital gains withholding payments.
- Costs Agreements – Disputes section improved, fields for client and firm details added, trust account details added, solicitor’s lien added, execution clauses for individuals and corporations added and general formatting and grammatical improvements.
SEPTEMBER
- Addition to commentaries regarding whether cause of death might give rise to any compensation or damages.
- Update links to Cultural Gifts Program and Supreme Court Civil Rules 2006.
MAY
- New Precedent – Initial letter to creditor confirming account.
- Letters of Administration commentary – Update content re Right to a copy of the will and the inventory of assets. In line with change to Probate
- Letters of Administration commentary – Update to Administrator commission content re Professional administrators.
APRIL
- File Cover Sheets for all publications have been completely re-formatted for a better look.
- Letters of Administration – New precedent added – Initial letter to beneficiaries in will annexed
- Probate – New precedent added – Search request form for copy of will or grant
MARCH
- Precedents updated to reflect changed probate legal fees:
- Retainer instructions – Estates
- Costs agreement – Probate
- Costs agreement – Letters of administration
- From 28 February 2016 fixed fee replaced with sliding fee.
FEBRUARY
- Making life a little easier for practitioners – look out for Blank Deed, Agreement and Execution Clauses folder in the matter plan at the end of each Getting the Matter Underway.