Executor's commission
Executors can be entitled to receive payment for their work, particularly where they are not also beneficiaries to the estate and therefore stand to gain nothing from administering the estate. Unless an amount or method of determining commission is set out in the will, a claim by an executor for commission must be adjudicated by the Court.
Informal Testamentary documents
An informal document is any document which appears to set out how a deceased person intended to distribute their estate but which does not meet the formal requirements of a will. It may be unsigned, improperly witnessed or, in rare cases, not be in writing (such as an audio or video recording). Disputes can arise where a previous will is replaced by an informal document which is more recent but is not recognised as a formal will. Parties who benefit under each of the documents may bring competing claims