The Law Handbook 2024

1260 Index investigation of complaints 1090 report 1091 Whittlesea Community Connections: Community Legal Service 92 Widow Allowance end of 314 taxation 338 Wife Pension 338 wills 896–903 see also estates adeemed gift 901 administrator opening and reading 855 affidavit as to date 898 age for making 899 amendment by court 900 attestation 898 attestation clause 899 beneficiary not to be witness 898, 900 changing 900–2 amendment by court 900 codicil 896, 901, 902 signing alterations 901 checking 896 children 899 guardianship clause 902 codicil 896, 901, 902 common form, proof in 904 concealing, offence 900 contacts 902 contesting 909–10 costs 914 destruction of 900, 901 divorce and 901 domestic partner 290, 901, 909 drawing up 900, 902 electronic filing system 899 executor/executrix 896, 897, 905–6 asking if willing to act 896 costs 914 dead 906 duties 905 failure to appoint 896, 906 minor 906 powers 905–6 private 914 problems with 906 renouncing appointment 906 unwilling to act 906 failure to make see intestacy formal language 899 formalities 897–9 guardianship clause 902 interested witness 898, 900 interpretation 909 intestacy 897, 904, 910–13 law of 896 legal fees 914 legislation 896 lost 899 marriage and 901 mentally incapacitated person 899 minor 899 beneficiary, as 908 executor, as 906 model will 902, 903 name change not affecting 309 no executor appointed 906 probate, grant of 896, 904 redistribution, application for 909–10 registrar of probates 896, 897, 898, 904 republication 902 revocation 901–2 clause 902 codicil 902 destruction of will 900, 901 marriage 901 rebuttable presumption 899 same-sex relationships 290 settled estate 906 signature 897–8 alterations 901 small estates 74, 913 State Trustees 900, 902, 914 storage 899 Supreme Court amending will 900 child, making will for 899 incapacitated person, making will for 899 Probate Office 899, 902 RedCrest electronic filing system 899 testamentary capacity 899 testamentary disposition 902 testamentary expense 902 testator/testatrix 897 testator’s family maintenance 909–10 trustee companies 900, 902, 914 trustees 906 costs 914 validity 896, 897 who can draw up 900 who can make 899 willmaker 897 witnessing 897–8 blind people ineligible 898 interested witness 898, 900 writing requirement 897 WIRE: Women’s Information 239, 307 WISE Employment 239 WithRespect 307 witnesses 81 Assistance Service 167, 217, 218 children ground rules hearings 215 sexual offence victims 165–6 cognitively impaired person 165–6, 786 consumer disputes in VCAT 724, 725 coroner’s inquest 18 cross-examination 81 expenses 982 experts 81 fact in issue 81 ground rules hearings 215 intellectual disability 786 ground rules hearings 215 oath or affirmation 81 protected 77 self-represented person 77, 81 sexual offence complainant 165–6 cognitively impaired person 165–6, 786 ground rules hearings 215 spouses, in divorce proceedings 259 summons or subpoena 81 written statements by 81 witnessing documents 27, 28 wills 897–8 blind people ineligible 898 interested witness 898, 900 Wodonga: Rural Financial Counselling Service 394 Women with Disabilities Victoria 795 Women’s Information and Referral Exchange (WIRE) 239, 307 Women’s Legal Service Victoria 62, 93, 307 work and development permit (WDP) 113–14 accredited agency or practitioner 113 application for 98, 101, 113–14 list of sponsors 114 work-off rates 114 Work Bonus 317 work injuries 939–51 breach of statutory duty 949 common law damages 949–50 negligence 939, 949 pain and suffering 950 post-1 July 2014 injuries 950 pre-1 July 2014 injuries 950 wrongful death 950 compensation see workers compensation contacts 951–2 contributory negligence 949 legal advice 950 negligence claims 939, 949 two ways of compensating 939 Workplace Injury Commission 951 WorkCover see see WorkSafe Victoria workers compensation 939–51 Accident Compensation Conciliation Service 946 AMA Guides 946, 950 authorised agents 939 bankrupt employer 948 benefits 941–4 breaks, injury on 940, 941 claim procedure 946–7 common law damages and 949–50 Commonwealth employees 948 conciliation 946, 947 contacts 951–2 contested claims 947 costs 948 County Court jurisdiction 939 death benefits 941, 944–5 discriminatory conduct 948–9 disease, definition 940 disputes 939 employment meaning 940 significant contributing factor 940 entitlement 939, 941 entitlements after 1 July 2014 942–4 exclusions 941 false or misleading claim 946 first entitlement period 942 gradual injury 940–1 heart attack or stroke 940 illnesses and injuries covered 940–1 impairment benefit 945–6 Independent Review Service 947, 950 industrial diseases 941 injury, definition 940 journey injuries 941 legal advice 950 legislation 939