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Case Success: When an Executor Fails to Act — Your Right to Step In: McCullough v Haigh as Executor [2025] WASC 352
When a loved one dies, beneficiaries expect an executor to act fairly, promptly, and lawfully. But what happens when the executor does nothing at all? In August 2025, Counsel, Danielle Lisa of Legato Law, successfully obtained one of the strongest remedies available in the probate jurisdiction: revocation of a grant of probate due to persistent neglect and refusal to administer an estate. Justice Gething of the Supreme Court of Western Australia agreed entirely with our submi

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