Are you looking for a lawyer?
l cannot recommend who to engage but can suggest who best to avoid. 

Let's begin with the most recent of BAD EXPERIENCE'S!

A law firm at Level 4, 600 Bourke Street Melbourne, by the name of KHQ LAWYERS has qualified to make my list of Solicitors / Lawyers to avoid. 

khq.com.au is the law firms web address. Like most websites it contains the typical evidence of one blowing their own trumpet, but in the case of KHQ Lawyers and my own experience, the trumpets are out of tune with the reality.

DISCLAIMER: My experience was with INES KALLWEIT, other lawyers at KHQ may not be as bad, 

BACKGROUND: Grandma passed away in 1999, her Will permits the sale of the home to be deferred, for some family to remain living at the home.

Pippa Rosalind Sampson (Executor for an uncle) assumed the role as Trustee for my Grandma's former home, selling the property in February 2021. Plenty was going on during 2021/2022, much of it was improper but that's a story for another day.

06/10/2022 Ines Kallweit of KHQ Lawyers is appointed independent administrator of my Late Grandmother's Estate.

Grandma Passes

Family Grieve

Vultures Move In

ln my opinion Ines Kallweit has/is (improperly) assisting her colleague (buddy, mate, pal) Pippa Rosalind Sampson, to the detriment of the Estate, here is why:
PLEASE NOTE: This webpage was commenced late in the evening of 5 December, there is a lot for me to compile, articulate and publish, l will need more time to complete.
KALLWEIT ON THE GO SLOW?

Appointed more than 425 days ago (6/10/22 - 6/12/23) yet Kallweit has NOT finalised the Estate. 

She didn't have to call-in any assets, sell any property or do much else... It really should have been quite simple, but NOW she has gone and made it a LOT HARDER!

As readers may soon understand, Kallweit has been quick to release funds to Sampson, but seemingly did not bother to ensure Sampson did what she was supposed to have done.

Ok, so on 27 November 2023 l emailed Kallweit, among other things l was checking up to see if she was in position to finalise/wind-up my Grandma's Estate.

(A copy of my 27/11/2023 sent email is inserted)

   

KALLWEIT RESPONDS! 

The email (below) was sent by Kallweit on 27/11/2023. In this email Kallweit informs me FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME that she has discovered some "tax irregularities"

Kallweit tells me that l might have to seek return of funds l have distributed to beneficiaries and possibly forward those funds to her, for this alleged tax issue.

Kallweit also stuffs up by confusing whom l am Executor for, she says "Barry" but l am actually the Executor for the another brother named "Brian" (not Barry)

KALLWEIT RESPONDS AGAIN!

After having read the previous email from Kallweit and being totally shocked by the very late disclosure of there being possible "Tax Irregularities".

I knew my Grandma was a non-lodger and could not possibly have had any outstanding personal tax concerns, hence l emailed Kallweit and demanded greater detail on what the so called "Tax Irregularities" were.

The email from Kallweit (below) said it was a "Capital Gains Tax" issue. Kallweit went on to inappropriately pointed the finger of blame on my aunt (Robyn)... As you will soon read, the blame should actually belong to Pippa Rosalind Sampson.

So a few other emails went back and forth. I was basically telling Kallweit that any Capital Cain Tax issues would be matters for Pippa Rosalind Sampson to have addressedd during her time/role as the Trustee for the Mavis Martha Charleton Trust, as it was Sampson who controlled the sale AND THE CASH. 

As has been the case in months gone by, Kallweit was dismissive of my emails and seemingly uninterested in the suggestion that any CGT issues would be errors, failures and/or oversights of Sampson, not my aunt Robyn. Maybe l was making too many valid points in my emails, possibly causing too much discomfort, because the next thing Kallweit sent was an email (below) saying she would NOT RESPOND and NOT READ any more emails from myself (or my aunt) going forward.... Apparently to save costs!

Soon (6th December 2023) I will send an email to Kallweit, including a copy of the 16 June 2021 Court Orders... Something which Kallweit has been provided with previously, presumably she would/should have read and taken notes. 

The said Court Orders at 3.a.ii order that the Plaintiff was to pay any outstanding taxes and imposts in relation to that land (the Plaintiff was/is Sampson).

That's it for now, more to come later!
The NOTHING email
21/06/2023 Kallweit sends a NOTHING email

There had been no emails either way for the previous 8 weeks. In fact, Kallweit FIRST ever email was sent to me on 17/04/2023 which l responded to then on 20/04/2023 Kallweit acknowledged receiving my email.

Given the content of the 21/06/2023 email and the zero correspondence for the previous 8-weeks, "WHY" did Kallweit send such an email?

The June 6th email was basically telling us NOTHING, but saying that she/Kallweit would be emailing with some info by "NO LATER THAN EARLY NEXT WEEK"

So why didn't KALLWEIT wait a couple days and email us "ONCE" and "WITH" some "INFORMATION"???

Perhaps the NOTHING email was simply sent in attempt to drive the bill up a but more... Afterall, every sent/received email by Kallweit is charged for!

TRUST ACCOUNT STATEMENT REQUESTS


WHERE IS THE STATEMENT?

As administrator of the Estate, Kallweit is required to provide details and documents at the reasonable request of beneficiaries (or representatives of). Among the type of documents that can be requested are "Trust Account Statements".

As the email of 5 December 2023 from my aunt Robyn to Kallweit shows, my aunt was repeating herself in requesting to be provided with a "Trust Account Statement"

Despite having an obligation to provide the Trust Account Statement, Kallweit responded by email to basically say that nothing will be read or responded to, until the Capital Gains Tax had been investigated further.

Kallweit's own "Stuff-up" seems to be an excuse to not provide documents.


THERE IS PLENTY MORE SOON TO COME!