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Legal practice is so often framed around competence, precision, and technical mastery—but anyone who has actually lived this work knows that the emotional terrain is just as demanding. The emails that land too late, the conversations that turn sharper than expected, the weight of other people’s crises sitting in your inbox. Ooh golly, that can be heavy. Over time, I’ve found myself seeking comfort, although I was really unsure what I was really seeking.

In this episode, Caite & Michele talk through a not-so-common but ever-so-interesting element of succession law; leave to swear death and declarations of death. In this chat, we talk about: when leave to swear death is required where a declaration of death is required the differences between leave to swear death and declaration of death evidence required for applications jurisdiction of the court for different applications…

In this episode, Caite & Michele delve into the world of removing executors from administering an estate! Michele shares with us two cases that demonstrate removal situations, but in different circumstances. In this chat, we talk about: the case of Re McClelland QSC 124 the case of Dore v Cairns (No 2) QSC 278 circusmtances where the Court can or will remove an executor…

Who else suffers from information overload, just to have all that information go in one ear and out the other; despite the fact that you think it’s really important to remember and pooooof&nbs…

Michele Davis | ideas in law, learning + research | quietly scholarly, happily nerdy

Ok, it wasn’t a fancy academic book, but still… I want to share how we did it, and what we learned about generative AI in the process, but first some context. For a long time, my friend Profe…