Doyle’s Guide has recognised Cooper Grace Ward as a first tier law firm in Wills, Estates and Succession Planning in the latest 2020 rankings, with two Cooper Grace Ward partners ...
Doyle’s Guide has recognised Cooper Grace Ward as a first tier law firm in Wills, Estates and Succession Planning in the latest 2020 rankings, with two Cooper Grace Ward partners also listed as leading practitioners.
The 2020 listing of leading Queensland Wills & Estates Litigation Law Firms details firms practising within the areas of Wills & Estates Litigation, Disputes and Contested matters in the Queensland legal market who have been identified by their peers for their expertise and abilities in these areas.
Cooper Grace Ward partner, Hayley Mitchell has been recognised by Doyle’s Guide in its annual listing of Leading Wills and Estates Lawyers.
At any point in time, it is important to ensure you have in place an up-to-date estate plan. However, there are particular milestones and events during life that make it more important, or critical, to review your estate planning.
Having an up-to-date enduring power of attorney is important, and particularly for those people with a self-managed superannuation fund. Given the practical implications, deciding whether the power of attorney should commence immediately or only on loss of capacity should be given careful consideration. When reviewing your enduring power of attorney,
The ATO will be increasing its focus on SMSFs that have stopped lodging returns in pension phase in order to identify issues with member/trustee capacity.
The announcement was made this week and showcases the Brisbane-based firm along with nine other respected Australian law firms.
Changes were made to the Justice Legislation (COVID-19 Emergency Response-Wills and Enduring Documents) Amendment Regulation 2020 (Qld) last week to extend the operation of that regulation to the signing of deeds.
The Queensland Parliament has now passed regulations allowing for Wills and enduring documents (including enduring powers of attorney and advance health directives) to be witnessed via an audio visual link.
The recent decision in the Marsella case confirmed the obligation of SMSF trustees to make a death benefit decision in good faith. But does this obligation apply wider than just to death benefits?
In February 2019, the decision of Re Marsella; Marsella v Wareham (No 2) [2019] VSC 65, provided some food for thought for trustees paying death benefits from self-managed superannuation funds
There are strict signing rules for Wills, enduring powers of attorney and many other documents. With self-isolation rules in force, it can be difficult to comply with signing rules at the moment.
Cooper Grace Ward acknowledges and pays respect to the past, present and future Traditional Custodians and Elders of this nation and the continuation of cultural, spiritual and educational practices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Fast, accurate and flexible entities including companies, self-managed superannuation funds and trusts.