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It is possibly best to execute a separate will in each jurisdiction where one’s estate may have to be administered. (Flickr)

Sorting out estates and wills in different countries is a tricky business

It is possibly best to execute a separate will in each jurisdiction where one’s estate may have to be administered

  • Eyaaz
7 min read
The policy prohibits consensual sexual intimacy in court buildings and discourages romantic relationships between members of the judiciary.

Justice delayed, grief denied: When the courts fail the bereaved

The case is postponed and delayed for numerous reasons, which means we are fighting to be heard

  • Eyaaz
4 min read
When a person dies intestate then conflict, distress and litigation can arise.

No Will. No clarity. Plenty heartache

Legal and emotional complications arise when someone dies without a will and no clear evidence of ‘life partnership’

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A will may, for example, specify that the testator bequeaths his immovable property (for instance his residential property) in equal shares to his two children, subject to a lifelong usufruct in favour of his wife.

Choose the words in your will carefully, especially when bequeathing property to more than one heir

The Hart v Hart case considers usufruct or right of his wife to use the property the husband left to his sons

  • Eyaaz
7 min read