Pets in Wills I grew up with dogs, cats, birds and other pets. They are now an important part of our son’s life and development. Australia has one of the highest rates of pet ownership in the world. Over 62% of Australian households own pets. There are more than...
Australian employers pay out over half a billion dollars each year for work-related mental health conditions. For the first time, a State government has set out a code of practice for the mental health of fly-in-fly-out workers. Build on our website all the Policies...
Are Legal Consolidated Wills valid for overseas assets? We are forever travelling. I spent two years with my wife and son to complete my doctorate in tax and estate planning in England. Many of us have insurance, real estate, bank accounts and pension funds overseas....
e Using a Power of Attorney to steal money In Estate Planning, you have many ways of protecting yourself and your family. For example, Divorce Protection Trusts and Loans to Children. However, while you are still alive Enduring POAs and Medical/Lifestyle POAs are...
Do all Casual Employees now get Annual Leave? Just paying your employee as a casual is not enough. You need a complying Employment Contract. Is your casual employee: casual or permanent? Your answer affects: 1. paid leave 2. notice of termination 3. redundancy pay 4....
Many binding death benefit nominations built on non-law firm websites don’t work The Court looked at a binding death benefit nomination Re Narumon Pty Ltd [2018] QSC 185. It confirms: that many Binding Nominations are faulty (but not for the reason we all thought);...