Mr Michael Wright died on 26 April 2012, aged 74, with what was described by the Supreme Court of Western Australia as a “colossal estate”, in excess of about $1 billion.
In his Will made 6 March 2012 Mr Wright left his daughter (from an earlier relationship), Ms Olivia Mead, the sum of $3 million, to be held on trust until Ms Mead attained the age of 30 years (and conditional upon a swathe of conditions, including that Ms Mead would be disentitled from receiving anything if she became an alcoholic or became involved in ‘untraditional faiths’).