Aug 14, 2026 – 9.34amFor four decades, grandmother Eileen Joyce Davey lived in a little house near the town of Deloraine, along the Meander River in northern Tasmania. She wanted to stay there for the rest of her life. But in 2024, she doused the house in petrol and burnt it down.The problem was that the house wasn’t hers. It belonged to her partner, Allan. He had been sick. Then he ended his relationship with Eileen and moved in with a relative. Soon he died.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Janek DrevikovskyLegal affairs reporterJanek Drevikovsky is the Financial Review’s legal affairs reporter.Fetching latest articles
Australia’s property boom triggers a new war over inheritances
Estate litigation has surged, with direct attacks on wills up 53 per cent in the past five years. The result: a rise in messy court cases across the country.
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