Undoubtedly, the highest profile family law case (at least involving trusts from 2010) was the Spry case.
While the actual scenario was somewhat unique and obviously the decision became one of the highest profiled decisions issued by the High Court in this space in recent years, the actual implications of the case may not in fact be as far reaching as first thought.
In particular, what many advisers in this area are seeing is that a number of the aspects of the decision can be explained by the particularly aggressive and arguably misleading approach that the husband took in relation to attempting to remove assets from the pool that could be distributed to his former wife.
Unless something else comes up during the week, next post I will summarise a recent family law decision that further confirms that the Spry decision may not be as concerning as many commentators first thought.
Until next week.
