Acting as an enduring attorney can be challenging and carries significant risks. This article highlights six common mistakes attorneys often make and offers practical tips on how to avoid them.
In this episode of It Depends, partner Scott Hay-Bartlem talks about how the 2026 federal Budget changes might affect your estate planning.
In this episode of It Depends, partners Scott Hay-Bartlem and Clinton Jackson explain the difference between superannuation member benefits and death benefits and why it matters for your estate planning and tax outcomes.
In this episode of SMSFs with CGW, partners Scott Hay-Bartlem and Clinton Jackson explain the tax differences between superannuation member benefits paid before death and death benefits paid after.
In this edition of It Depends, associate Sarah Camm discusses binding death benefit nominations and the circumstances when they can be challenged.
Doyles Guide has released its rankings for Wills, Estates, Estates Litigation and Succession Planning Lawyers and Law Firms in Queensland for 2025, and Cooper Grace Ward has once again performed exceptionally well.
In this edition of It depends, partner Hayley Mitchell talks about whether an attorney can make or renew a superannuation binding death benefit nomination.
Doyles Guide has released its rankings for the leading wills, estates and succession planning lawyers and law firms in Queensland for 2024, and Cooper Grace Ward has once again performed exceptionally well.
In this edition of It depends, associate Sarah Camm talks about whether you have to go to mediation for your family provision application.
CGW has successfully acted in an application to the Supreme Court of NSW, with an SMSF trustee found to be justified in paying a death benefit despite compliance issues and breach of trust.
A recent Federal Court decision highlights the complexities surrounding de facto relationships when considering a person’s eligibility to receive superannuation death benefits.
In this edition of It depends, partner Hayley Mitchell talks about what happens if someone has lost capacity and they don’t have an enduring power of attorney.