CASE: McCarthy v Tye [2017] NSWCA 284 Can a boarder and a housemate make a claim on your estate? In some circumstances, the answer may be yes. Peter McCarthy had been a boarder in the house of Diane Green from 2003 to 2014. He paid rent and his own expenses. After 11 years of living...

CASE: Badman v Drake [2008] NSWSC 1366 Dorothy Badman was 87 years old when she gave $345,000 to her hairdresser and friend Judith Drake. Judith and her husband were about to lose their home. Dorothy agreed to give them the money and in exchange, she would live with there and escape the...

CASE: Leary v NSW Trustee and Guardian [2017] NSWSC 1113 Colleen Pidcock's Will left her estate to be divided equally between her 4 children... subject to the money they owed her. Her son John Leary owed her $551,541. This was the amount of money that Colleen spent on John's legal fees from...