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.
Van Camp v Bellahealth Pty Ltd is one of the first cases where a court has been asked to consider the standard of capacity required in the context of Binding Death Benefit Nominations.
In this edition of It depends, associate Sacha Robinson talks about what happens to the assets in your discretionary trust when you die.
In this edition of ‘It depends’, associate Sarah Camm talks about what we mean when we say that someone doesn’t have capacity in estates matters.
Cooper Grace Ward private clients partner, Scott Hay-Bartlem, has been reappointed as Chair of the SMSF Association for another two-year term.
In this edition of ‘It depends’, special counsel Steven Jell talks about financial agreements and their alternative uses.
In this edition of ‘It depends’, partner Hayley Mitchell and associate Sarah Camm talk about trustee discretion: what decisions of trustees involve discretion and what happens when the trustee gets it wrong.
In this edition of ‘It depends’, associate Sarah Camm talks about conflicts of interest. As a part of their Estate Planning Masterclass series, Hayley Mitchell and Sarah Camm will be hosting a webinar on this topic on Thursday 7 December.