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Many people use discretionary or family trusts in their asset holding, for perceived asset protection and income distribution advantages. Often, these trust deeds are bought “off the shelf” by providing basic information to the supplier which then issues the trust deeds in a standard form. For the purposes of estate planning, there are a number […]

The QBCC was recently given guidance by a member of QCAT who considered that this guidance would be useful to “assist the Commission” when dealing with claims under the Statutory Insurance Scheme. Member McVeigh, in King & McDonald v Queensland Building and Construction Commission [2024] QCAT 138 observed that the Statutory Insurance Scheme was to […]

In this context, it is not so much that the Will itself is being challenged, but rather applicants make application for provision to be made for them out of an estate where they believe that they are entitled to a share, or a bigger share than the Will provides. If successful, the share of some […]

If a person is bankrupted, many of their assets are available to the trustee in bankruptcy to be realised and applied for the benefit of the trustee’s fees and creditors.  But does this include amounts in a superannuation fund? The answer is generally no, however as is typical, there are exceptions.  While each matter depends […]