Deal of the Week:
The potential numbers of people who can bring claims against your estate is getting wider and wider, with new intestacy laws in NSW only underscoring that fact. While there's no sign these changes will be standardised nationwide any time soon, the talk is very much heading in that direction, with wide-ranging implications. At its heart, the NSW changes introduce the concept of 'multiple spouses' -- increasing provisions for de facto relationships, same-sex partnerships, cultural and religious groups that permit multiple wives and, for the first time, cousins being able to inherit if there are no closer surviving relatives. Rod Cunich (Practice Group Leader, Business & Private Client Services Slater & Gordon), Sandra Rocha (senior associate at Swaab specializing in estate planning) and Phillip McGowan (de Groots Wills & Estate Lawyers) discuss latest developments.

Pre-nuptual agreements are about to become a whole lot more popular under a recent legislative change, according to family lawyer Chris Dimock. Law TV's Brydie Flynn spoke earlier to him earlier and started by asking about the impact of financial troubles on personal relationships in the wake of the GFC.

University of Melbourne law professor Tim McCormack has been appointed to the International Criminal Court in The Hague. He's already considered an expert on international law and is now set to become the special adviser on humanitarian law to prosecutor at the court, Luis Moreno-Ocampo.

Fair Work Australia has ruled compulsory arbitration is not required in dispute resolution procedures in workplace agreements - a ruling that's causing quite a stir in the Industrial Relations community. Joydeep Hor -- Managing Partner at Harmers Workplace Lawyers -- discusses the judgment and its implications.

Chris Merritt, Legal Editor at The Australian, with an update on the stories making waves in legal circles this week.