Previous View posts have considered the issues of a trustee fettering its discretion in the context of an insurance funded buy sell arrangem...

Following last week’s post, where I mentioned that, particularly in New South Wales, it is often the case that trustees are expressly prohib...

In preparing for the View webinar ‘Trust Horror Stories’ we had a timely reminder of the mantra to ‘read the deed’. The read the deed mantra...

One regularly asked question in estate planning is ‘do my kids need estate planning documents?’. The one word answer is – absolutely. The mo...

Last week’s post considered a number of different alternatives in relation to body disposal following death. As is well known, it is possibl...

Last week’s post mentioned Keith Richards and it reminded me of one death-related story that Keith Richards is famous (or perhaps more accu...

The saga involving swimmer Grant Hackett suing two law firms for negligence is a high profile reminder of the difficulties in relation to ...