Business Owners and Sudden Death: What to Do if the Sole Owner Dies?

09/11/2024 Wills & Estates, Business & Commercial Law, General

  When the sole owner of a business passes away unexpectedly, the immediate aftermath can be an unsettling and uncertain time. For business owners, planning for this scenario can ensure…

Securing Your Legacy – How To Protect Your Family Trust

31/10/2024 Wills & Estates, General

  A Family Trust can be an effective long-term solution for safeguarding assets, managing investments, and minimising taxes. But what happens when control of the Trust passes to someone else…

Fiduciary Duties When Investing Trust Funds – Your Rights and Responsibilities as Trustee

12/09/2022 Wills & Estates

Trustees hold a general duty to preserve the trust fund. Those who fail to satisfy this duty may find themselves personally liable for losses caused by their breach. But what…

5 Points to Consider when Appointing an Executor

23/08/2022 Wills & Estates

There are several factors a person needs to consider when deciding whom to appoint as the executor of their will. The decision should not be made hastily. An ill-fitting appointment…

Testamentary Trusts – What powers of the trustee are required?

06/06/2022 Wills & Estates

Every person has different circumstances whether it be their family members, the assets they own or control and the wishes they have for the future should they pass away. Like…

Rights to access a Will – Can I obtain a copy of a Will?

30/05/2022 Wills & Estates

The numerous films about estates have people believe that when someone dies, the family will be summoned to a meeting with a lawyer for the ‘reading of the Will’.  There…