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
