Silent partners, loud tax
A farm sale exposes costly CGT and GST traps when legal ownership, partnership accounts and the purchaser’s intended use are overlooked.
Elder law & succession: July 2026
Important cases on trust administration, disputed estate entitlements, succession agreements and the recovery of misapplied estate assets.
Essential validity of wills: knowledge and approval, undue influence and fraud
How presumptions, suspicious circumstances and evidentiary burdens shape challenges to wills in practice.
Elder law & succession: June 2026
The latest cases consider preliminary discovery in will disputes, estate sale injunctions, construction of ‘issue’, section 95 releases and powers of attorney.
A century of UNIDROIT: Australian lawyers and global private law
A look into the history and mandate of UNIDROIT, and its work on sustainable development.
Essential validity of wills: the free and capable testator
Recent decisions illustrate how courts analyse testamentary capacity, knowledge and approval when determining whether a document represents a testator’s last will.
Elder law & succession: May 2026
The latest cases deal with intestacy distributions involving multiple spouses, freezing orders, rectification of defective certificates and informal wills.
Wills and succession: navigating complex family relationships
When it comes to wills, cutting the ‘black sheep’ of the family from a will may prompt them to make a claim against the estate….
Death benefit dilemmas: trustee discretion and AFCA’s approach to law and fact
Recent cases demonstrating how AFCA re‑weighs evidence, wishes and dependency with less formal fact-finding processes.
Elder law & succession: April 2026
Influential decisions highlighting how flexibility, discretion and restraint define contemporary estates practice.
Elder law & succession: March 2026
Discussion of key principles on relevance for disclosure, rebutting revocation presumptions, identifying testamentary intent, estoppel and family provision relief.