Archives July 2026

This article was written by Nancy Wang Principal Solicitor at W & G Lawyers. 

Our earlier piece looked at Hall v Hall [2026] QSC 134, where a handwritten note left by a woman shortly before her death was upheld by the Supreme Court as a valid informal will. A case like that can leave people with a tempting thought: if a scribbled note on the couch can do the job, why bother with a formal will at all?

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This article was written by Nancy Wang Principal Solicitor at W & G Lawyers. 

Not every will is a neatly typed document, signed in a solicitor’s office with two witnesses looking on. Queensland law recognises that a person’s genuine final wishes should not fail simply because the paperwork wasn’t perfect. The recent decision of Justice Crow in Hall v Hall [2026] QSC 134 is a striking illustration of this principle, involving a handwritten note left by a woman shortly before she took her own life.

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