Hartwell Legal -Wills, Incapacity and Estate Experts

Hartwell Legal -Wills, Incapacity and Estate Experts

Court & Litigation

COURT & LITIGATION • POWERS OF ATTORNEY & GUARDIANSHIP
Malvern, VIC
13+ years Experience
4.8

Rating

4

Team

2012

Since

Court & Litigation Powers of Attorney & Guardianship Property Development & Planning Wills & Estate Planning
+61478947155
Mon-Fri 9:00am - 5:00pm

Hartwell Legal is a law firm established in 2012, specializing exclusively in Wills, Estates, Incapacity, and Succession Law. They offer a comprehensive range of services from estate planning, wills,...

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What is Hartwell Legal -Wills, Incapacity and Estate Experts?

Hartwell Legal -Wills, Incapacity and Estate Experts is a specialized law firm dedicated to comprehensive estate planning, wills preparation, and incapacity planning services in Malvern, VIC. The firm focuses on protecting families' futures through expertly crafted legal documents and personalized estate planning strategies that ensure clients' wishes are honored and their loved ones are protected.

What services does Hartwell Legal -Wills, Incapacity and Estate Experts offer?

  • Wills and Testament Preparation: Complete will drafting services including simple wills, complex testamentary trusts, and regular will updates to reflect changing circumstances
  • Estate Planning: Comprehensive estate planning strategies that minimize tax implications while maximizing asset protection for beneficiaries
  • Powers of Attorney: Preparation of enduring powers of attorney for both financial matters and personal/health decisions
  • Advance Care Directives: Legal documentation ensuring medical treatment preferences are respected during periods of incapacity
  • Probate and Estate Administration: Expert guidance through the probate process including estate administration and executor support
  • Testamentary Trust Creation: Specialized trust structures within wills to protect vulnerable beneficiaries and manage asset distribution
  • Estate Dispute Resolution: Professional mediation and legal representation in contested estate matters and family provision claims
  • Superannuation Death Benefit Planning: Strategic planning for superannuation death benefits and binding death benefit nominations

Why choose Hartwell Legal -Wills, Incapacity and Estate Experts as your lawyer?

Clients choose Hartwell Legal for their specialized expertise exclusively in wills, estates, and incapacity planning, ensuring focused knowledge and up-to-date understanding of this complex area of law. The firm provides personalized consultations that address each family's unique circumstances, creating tailored solutions rather than one-size-fits-all documents. Their client-focused approach emphasizes clear communication, explaining complex legal concepts in understandable terms while maintaining meticulous attention to detail that prevents future disputes. The firm's commitment to ongoing support includes regular review reminders and updates as legislation changes, ensuring estate plans remain current and effective.

Who are the attorneys at Hartwell Legal -Wills, Incapacity and Estate Experts?

The attorneys at Hartwell Legal bring specialized qualifications in succession law and estate planning, with extensive experience in Victorian estate legislation and practice. The legal team maintains active memberships in relevant professional bodies including the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, ensuring continuous professional development in this evolving field. Each attorney demonstrates a compassionate approach to sensitive family matters while maintaining the professional rigor necessary for creating legally sound documents that withstand scrutiny.

How much does Hartwell Legal -Wills, Incapacity and Estate Experts cost?

Hartwell Legal typically offers transparent fixed-fee pricing for standard wills and estate planning documents, eliminating billing uncertainty for clients. Initial consultations are competitively priced to assess individual needs and provide accurate cost estimates. The firm provides flexible payment options including staged payments for comprehensive estate planning packages. Complex matters such as estate disputes or specialized trust structures are priced according to scope and complexity, with detailed estimates provided before engagement.

Where is Hartwell Legal -Wills, Incapacity and Estate Experts located?

Hartwell Legal -Wills, Incapacity and Estate Experts is located in Malvern, VIC, providing convenient access for clients throughout Melbourne's inner southeastern suburbs. The office offers accessible meeting facilities with options for home visits for elderly or mobility-impaired clients. Appointment scheduling accommodates both business hours and after-hours consultations to suit client availability.

Client Reviews

4.8

17 verified reviews

Rosalind Simmons

Rosalind Simmons

Verified Client
3 months ago

We found Hartwell Legal enormously helpfully, friendly and patient. They obviously know their work very well. We are grateful to have such skilled understanding and assistance.

V. B.

V. B.

Verified Client
a year ago

Ever grateful for the incredible service provided by Katerina and the Hartwell team in guiding me after my father passed away. I live on the other side of the world, so I feel very lucky to have found someone ethical and kind who could take the reigns and provide sound advice when unexpected twists and turns arose. I cannot emphasize enough how reassuring it was to be in such trustworthy hands when travel to Australia was not an option. I found Katerina through a Google search so I am more than pleased to add another 5-star review!

Jude Anderson

Jude Anderson

Verified Client
a year ago

In our time of grief after the loss of our father, Hartwell Legal was a godsend. Both Katerina and Alexia took care of every detail both compassionately and professionally. We knew what was happening every step of the way due to their diligence and honesty. I could not recommend Hartwell Legal highly enough. Thank you! Jude Anderson

Olivia Meyer

Olivia Meyer

Verified Client
a year ago

Katerina and her team acted with kindness and compassion throughout their handling of our case. Katerina needed to think outside of the box on numerous occasions, she fought so hard for us and never gave up. Highly highly recommend to anyone needing legal help. Thanks again Katerina, we are so grateful for your help through a very difficult time.

Kinnari G

Kinnari G

Verified Client
a year ago

Harwell Legal helped my husband and I with our will. They were extremely professional & provided valuable advice on framework of our will to ensure best interest of the recipients would be maintained during will execution. Each stage was completed in a timely manner and our long list of questions addressed very patiently. Highly recommend Hartwell Legal and the entire team.

TANIA TICKYJ

TANIA TICKYJ

Verified Client
a year ago

We used Hartwell Legal, to assist with winding up our mother’s estate and to ensure that our subsequent estate planning was appropriate. Dealing with Katerina and her staff was a pleasure. Sound advice was provided. The lines of communication were very clear and all the work done was completed carefully. I would highly recommend this firm for all estate matters. Tania

Ani

Ani

Verified Client
a year ago

Katerina is one of the kindest and most ethical lawyers and colleagues I have the pleasure of knowing and working with. I have and continue to recommend Katerina to friends and family as I trust her implicitly, and know that she always holds her client's best interests at heart.

Katerina is an accredited specialist in the area of Wills and Estates and I trust that you would not be in safer hands, nor be with a more knowledgeable lawyer if you went elsewhere.

Thank you, Katerina, for looking after my loved ones and continuing to do so.

Anna-Marie Robertshaw

Anna-Marie Robertshaw

Verified Client
a year ago

I can recommend Katerina for her expertise in Wills and Estates, but more importantly, the care and consideration she gives to personal relationships, choices and preferences - and how these might affect the way things are done.

Ian Martin

Ian Martin

Verified Client
a year ago

Excellent outfit. Can unreservedly recommend Hartwell Legal. Outstanding personal service.

Sangeeta Thaker

Sangeeta Thaker

Verified Client
a year ago

Thorough, compassionate and very professional in approach. I highly recommend their services.

Emma Langton-Bunker

Emma Langton-Bunker

Verified Client
a year ago

Top quality person and ethical trusting lawyer. Highly recommend to assist anyone who needs a will.

Steven Milicevic

Steven Milicevic

Verified Client
a year ago

Katerina and Hartwell Legal are fantastic. If you are after caring people who really know and specialise in wills and estates then look no further. They have done so such a good job that more and more of my family are going to them. Thank you! I feel much better knowing they have your guidance and advice!!!

Sally G (Help at Hand Aged Care)

Sally G (Help at Hand Aged Care)

Verified Client
4 years ago

Katerina, Elisha and the team are professional and efficient. They are very patient with my lack of legal estate knowledge and are always happy to answer the plethora of queries that I continually throw at them. I appreciate their patience and solid advice. I wouldn't hesitate to refer their services.

Dean Camilleri

Dean Camilleri

Verified Client
4 years ago

I highly recommend Katerina Peiros for handling any Wills & Estate matter you may have, I received straight forward and honest advice about my own claim, and it was given to me in a very caring and sympathetic manner.

Mr Pinkle

Mr Pinkle

Verified Client
7 years ago

Dodgy. Solicitor misunderstood case and failed to obtain crucial documents prior to assessing matter.

Still awaiting crucial documents which were received by solicitor last week, but which solicitor refuses to forward in a timely fashion, stating in her email of yesterday:

"As I said, the paperwork will be forwarded when I have time, I expect to be able to do it Thursday or Friday, as I am absolutely flat out until then."

Totally unsatisfactory and hampering my case by withholding my documents, as claims to be "flat out".

Have been awaiting documents since employing Katerina last November, so how long does it take to forward an email, or post documents via mail?

Zero care factor !

Jasper DM

Jasper DM

Verified Client
7 years ago

Simply the best at what they do, professional and prompt but above all genuinely polite and understanding, a great law firm.

John Downes

John Downes

Verified Client
7 years ago

The experts in Wills and estate matters. Could not have been more helpful to my family and patient when my father and a friend passed away. Totally focused on getting the right outcome for all.

Contact Information

Hartwell Legal -Wills, Incapacity and Estate Experts

8/1 Milton Parade, Malvern VIC 3144

Malvern VIC

Phone

+61478947155

Office Hours

Mon-Fri 9:00am - 5:00pm

By appointment available

Languages

English

Payment Methods

Cash, Card, EFTPOS

Payment plans available

Client Ratings

4.8

Based on 17 reviews

5 star
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4 star
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3 star
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2 star
1%
1 star
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Areas of Practice

Powers of Attorney & Guardianship

Property Development & Planning

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