It Depends – What happens if you don’t have a power of attorney?
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.
5 August 2024
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.
In this edition of ‘It depends’, senior associate Keeghan Silcock talks about whether you can use a nominee shareholder to hold shares in a private company on your behalf.
In this edition of ‘It depends’, lawyer Nathan Rutherford talks about child maintenance trusts and when to use them.
Changing the trustee of your family trust can trigger a range of issues – so many, in fact, that partner Scott Hay-Bartlem has produced a series of six ‘It Depends’ videos to cover the tricks and traps for advisers and their clients.
Changing the trustee of your family trust can trigger a range of issues – so many, in fact, that partner Scott Hay-Bartlem has produced a series of six ‘It Depends’ videos to cover the tricks and traps for advisers and their clients.