Topic Research Guides: Succession Law

Succession law books are shelved at 346.5

Subject terms to search in the catalogue include: succession law; Australia – succession law; Australia – wills – inheritance.

‘Major texts’ in this area include:

• Hutley's Australian Wills Precedents / Craig Birtles, Richard Neal, Caroline Sims
• Law of Succession / G E Dal Pont, K F Mackie
• Principles of Australian Succession Law / Ken Mackie

Halsbury’s Laws of Australia – Title 395: Succession

The Laws of Australia – Title 36: Wills and Estate Administration

Guidance

LexisNexis Practical Guidance  >  AU Succession

Indexes:

• Westlaw Australia: Content Type: Cases - Index to Australian cases and journals
• Lexis Advance - CaseBase - Index to Australian cases and journals
• Westlaw Classic - Index to UK journals

Full text Journals:

• Lexis Advance
• Westlaw Australia
• Informit including AGIS Plus Text
• Westlaw UK
• Westlaw Classic
• HeinOnline
• ProQuest
• Gale Academic OneFile

Lexis Advance

Lexis Advance

Topics covered:

• Contested proceedings
• Costs and taxes
• Elder Law
• Estate administration
• Family provision orders
• Grant of letters of administration (intestacy)
• Grant of probate (testacy)
• Other grants of administration
• Wills

Westlaw Australia

Key pieces of legislation that apply to succession law include:

• Wills Act 1970 (WA)
• Administration Act 1903 (WA)
• Inheritance (Family and Dependants Provision) Act 1972 (WA) / Family Provisions Act 1972 (WA)
• Non-contentious Probate Rules 1967 (WA)
• Property Law Act 1969 (WA)

Search for legislation using Legify

Other databases for searching legislation include:

• Lexis Advance
• Westlaw Australia

AustLII (use for NoteUp function for sections)

Commonwealth Law Reports (CLR) on Westlaw Australia

Australian Law Reports (ALR) on Lexis Advance

Unreported decisions on AustLII and Jade Barnet