Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Brown M&Ms, go jump**invasion by aliens and when trust beneficiaries aren’t beneficiaries
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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...
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
They're 18, they’re beautiful and they're no longer ‘yours’
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One regularly asked question in estate planning is ‘do my kids need estate planning documents?’. The one word answer is – absolutely. The mo...
Tuesday, February 25, 2025
Estate planning and organ donation**
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Last week’s post considered a number of different alternatives in relation to body disposal following death. As is well known, it is possibl...
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
Keith Richards, estate planning, body disposal and keeping it Respectable**
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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...
Tuesday, February 11, 2025
Pre-nups, (cosmic) pole dancers** and PI insurance
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The saga involving swimmer Grant Hackett suing two law firms for negligence is a high profile reminder of the difficulties in relation to ...
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
Death Defying**: AKA Contribution reserving
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Contribution reserving has for many years been largely viewed as a strategy that in most instances will be too aggressive to comply with the...
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
Time for the gravy** … Final Post for 2024 and Season's Greetings
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With the annual leave season starting in earnest over the next couple of weeks and many advisers taking either extended leave or alternative...
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