by ADLV Law Team | 8 - Pass on your wealth (including EP), 9 - Deal with a deceased estate (Administration), Uncategorized
Digital assets such as cryptocurrency and online accounts are easily lost after death without planning. Here’s what families and family businesses need to know about probate in the digital age.
by ADLV Law Team | 6 - Build and protect your wealth (including trusts), Uncategorized
If you are creating a testamentary or discretionary trust, you want to know it will operate smoothly long after you are gone. But what happens if the trustee you appoint loses the capacity to make decisions? Without the right safeguards, the trust you designed to...
by ADLV Law Team | 2 - Run and manage your business (general commercial), 6 - Build and protect your wealth (including trusts), Uncategorized
Two strategic tools, the ‘bucket company’ and the ‘banker company’. Both strategies offer high-net-worth families a way to cap tax exposure, preserve capital, and support long-term intergenerational planning.
by ADLV Law Team | 6 - Build and protect your wealth (including trusts), Uncategorized
Family trusts are one of the most common structures used by Australian families to hold investments, run businesses, and protect wealth. They are flexible, tax-effective, and – when managed carefully – provide a mechanism for long-term succession...
by ADLV Law Team | 12 - Manage your taxes, 6 - Build and protect your wealth (including trusts), Uncategorized
Below is Chapter 1 of our ‘Trust Distributions Guide’ booklet. To read the other chapters of our booklet, click the links below: Chapter 2: Defining and Determining Trust Law Income Chapter 3: Making Effective Distributions Chapter 4: Timing, Authority and Validity of...
by ADLV Law Team | 2 - Run and manage your business (general commercial), 35 - Manage and incentivise your team (employment law), Uncategorized
The recent case brought by reporter Antoinette Lattouf against the ABC highlights the risk to employers of mishandling dismissals, especially where protected attributes, such as political opinion, are in play. These days, employers are expected to be more than just...
