Recent Cases

Wheatley v Peek [2025] NSWCA 265 (10 December 2025) (Bell CJ, Payne and Mitchelmore JJA)


Catchwords:


WILLS, PROBATE AND ADMINISTRATION – informal wills – Succession Act 2006 (NSW) s 8 – where a document saved on deceased’s iPhone in the Notes application – whether deceased intended document without more to operate as a will – evidence that the deceased considered the document final – where no publication of will prior to death – where will discovered after death