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Who are we

We are a part of McCowans Specialist Lawyers a law firm that practices in only three areas of law: Personal Injuries Compensation Claims, Deceased Estates Administration and Will Disputes and Family and Relationships Law.

Our Wills and Estates Division is headed by Kent Dalziel who has many years' experience in the areas of deceased estate administration, challenging wills and estate planning.

We provide complete fee transparency so you can have as much certainty as the process will allow as to what our services will cost. Wherever possible we will work with you to scope the work you want us to do and then fix a price with you in advance for us to do that work for you.

We have successfully acted for numerous clients in the following circumstances:-

  1. The children of a deceased person who opposed a challenge to their parent's Will by their step-parent;
  2. A child of the deceased who sought a greater share of their parent's Estate;
  3. The Executors of a Will who opposed a claim for a greater share of the Estate brought by a child of the deceased;
  4. The Beneficiaries in an Estate where the deceased did not have the required capacity to make a Will;
  5. The Executors of a Will in an Estate where it was alleged that the deceased made their last Will under undue influences;
  6. The Executor of an Estate that was challenged by the deceased's step children;
  7. A spouse who was completely left out of their deceased spouse's Will;
  8. The Executor of a deceased's Will the subject of a challenge by their step parent;
  9. An Executor of the Will who brought an application for removal of a co-executor because the co-executor was acting unreasonably;
  10. The Beneficiaries of a Will who opposed an Application by the Executor for commission from the Estate;
  11. Beneficiaries who do not understand their rights under a Will;
  12. Executors who require the clarification of their role as Executor and their obligation towards Beneficiaries in both Estate administrations and disputes;
  13. An Executor who required a report into the deceased's finances to ensure that the Estate was administered properly;
  14. A Litigation Guardian who was appointed to defend an incapacitated beneficiary's interest in an Estate dispute;
  15. A Litigation Guardian who was appointed to make a claim against an Estate on behalf of an incapacitated child of the Deceased; and
  16. An Executor who did not know how to administer the Will because the Deceased did not name the beneficiaries in the Will correctly.