The recent decision by a NSW judge to throw out a $13.6 million “will” because it was written on the Notes app of an iPhone seems fair enough.

It had no signature, and it wasn’t witnessed. Ask any solicitor, and they’ll tell you those are among the basic requirements normally needed to make a will valid.

covers self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs), financial planning, retirement, inheritance, tax, personal finance and, sometimes, the Perth Bears. He has been a financial journalist for 30 years, previously at Bloomberg and AAP.