#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