17-year-olds In The Criminal Justice System: Update

The Youth Justice and other legislation (Inclusion of 17-year-old Persons) Amendment Act 2016 (Qld) (“Amendment Act”) come into force commencing on 12 February 2018. The main purpose of the Amendment Act was to change the way in which 17-year-olds were...

Tips For Executors

The process of administering someone’s estate after they die can be a complex undertaking. However, with the right legal advice the process can be streamlined. Many people do not realise that when they engage a lawyer to help them to administer their loved one’s...

Welcome Amanda

Quinn & Scattini Lawyers are excited to welcome Amanda Kennewell to the team. Amanda is a Senior Paralegal in Quinn & Scattini Lawyers’ Wills & Estates Team and has over fifteen years combined experience working in the legal profession. Over the past five...

Wrongfully Assuming You Have Finance On A Contract

It is not uncommon common with some purchasers (particularly high wealth individuals) to assume that they have the appropriate finance in place when purchasing a property. While this may be true in part, the reality is that there is often a discrepancy between having...

Eligibility To Seek Further Provision From An Estate

Quinn & Scattini Lawyers’ Wills & Estates Team regularly represent clients who want to contest what they are receiving under a will, or who want to contest the share of the estate they are receiving under the rules of intestacy when the deceased person has not...