by ADLV Law Team | 8 - Pass on your wealth (including EP), 9 - Deal with a deceased estate (Administration)
Suspecting that someone is misusing an enduring power of attorney can be very distressing, particularly when it involves a family member. Knowing the warning signs of elder financial abuse and understanding what legal options are available can make all the...
by ADLV Law Team | 9 - Deal with a deceased estate (Administration)
Being asked to act as an executor is usually taken as an honour. It is also one of the hardest jobs anyone can accept: you are being asked to grieve for someone and administer their affairs at the same time. What most people do not realise when they accept the role is...
by ADLV Law Team | 35 - Manage and incentivise your team (employment law)
On 26 August 2024, changes to the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (the Act) took effect, granting employees the right to ‘refuse contact or attempted contact from their employer outside the employee’s working hours’. This change was part of a global shift in workplace...
by ADLV Law Team | 2 - Run and manage your business (general commercial)
In many Australian businesses (especially family businesses) the same people are both shareholders and directors. This can result in the erroneous assumption that if you own the business, surely you should be the one making the decisions. However, the law draws a...
by ADLV Law Team | 7 - Deal with your real estate (property law)
Buying property with family or friends is becoming increasingly common in today’s market. It’s an exciting achievement, but without the right legal framework co-owning property can lead to conflict, financial stress, and damaged relationships. You shouldn’t have to...
by ADLV Law Team | 6 - Build and protect your wealth (including trusts)
If you’re running a family business or managing family wealth through a trust, chances are your accountant has recommended that you “make a Family Trust Election” (or FTE for short). If your response was, “Sure… what exactly is that?”, you’re not alone. ...
by ADLV Law Team | 6 - Build and protect your wealth (including trusts)
We’re hearing this question from many of our clients since the Federal Budget announcement on 12 May 2026 introduced proposed changes to how family trusts (also called discretionary trusts) are taxed. Small to medium-sized businesses, family business owners and...
by ADLV Law Team | About Us
If you have read our overview of the new AML/CTF rules starting 1 July 2026, you will know the reforms put significant new compliance obligations on firms like ours. This piece is about how we have chosen to meet them, and why we made the build decisions we did....
by ADLV Law Team | 2 - Run and manage your business (general commercial), 4 - Acquire, sell or shut down your business, 5- Get your finances in order (loans, leases and security), 6 - Build and protect your wealth (including trusts), 7 - Deal with your real estate (property law)
If you have engaged a lawyer, accountant, conveyancer or real estate agent recently, you may already have been asked for more identification than usual. From 1 July 2026, those asks become standard practice across the profession. Your advisers will need to verify who...
by ADLV Law Team | 8 - Pass on your wealth (including EP), 9 - Deal with a deceased estate (Administration)
If you’ve loaned money to a child, a family trust, or to entities within your personal investment or business structure, you might assume those debts will be honoured, or at least recognised, when you pass away. However, unless steps are taken to formally record...
