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Aged Care Reforms and Enduring Guardianships: Do You or Your Clients’ Documents Need Updating?
Recent aged care and guardianship developments have highlighted an issue that many families, financial planners and accountants may not have considered.
Can an iPhone Note Become a Valid Will? Wheatley v Peek [2025] NSWCA 265 and Kemp v Findlay [2025] NSWCA 46
A recent series of decisions of the New South Wales Court of Appeal serves as an important reminder that estate planning…
Estate Planning | Superannuation, Wills & Contested Estates – Lin v Yim & Anor
A recent decision of the Supreme Court of Queensland in Lin v Yim & Anor [2026] QSC 57 highlights an important risk in Wills…
Navigating Australian and European Sanctions against Russia as an Australian Company
In today’s global economy, companies must navigate an increasingly complex legal landscape when engaging in international trade…
Key Terms in Employment Agreements and Policies
When there is a dispute between an employer and an employee, often the first point of reference is the employment agreement…
How to end employment – to terminate or make redundant?
Navigating Australia’s employment laws is not an easy task. There are numerous requirements which must be satisfied in order…
NSW Commercial Leases – Trends in 2025
No matter the type of business being run, there is a good chance that a business will need to enter into a commercial or retail…
Can Shareholders Access Company Documents?
A company holds a wide variety of documents, such as financial reports, directors’ resolutions, the company constitution…
SMSF – Assessing Capacity to Make a Binding Death Benefit Nomination (BDBN)
In the realm of self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs), the recent case of van Camp v Bellahealth Pty Ltd [2024] NSWSC 7 has…
Family Business Succession: Tips for Navigating the Waters
In the emotional realms of family business succession, the stakes are high and the challenges for the head of the family are many…
What do you need to know about Letters of Administration?
A Letter of Administration is a legal document issued by a Court that grants authority to a person to administer the estate…
What do you need to know about Probate?
Probate is a legal process that validates and formalises the Will of a deceased person. It is the official recognition by a Court…
What do you need to know about Notional Estates?
A Notional estate allows a family provisions claim to include assets that have recently been distributed or not directly owned…
What do you need to know about Testamentary Trusts?
A testamentary trust is an estate planning structure established in a Will to provide for beneficiaries while limiting…
What is Intestate in NSW?
A person who dies without writing a Will is said to have died “intestate”. Dying intestate means that the preferences…
Can I apply to be the executor of an Estate?
The administration of a deceased estate can be carried out by one of the following individuals or entities:
Can I request my entitlement from an deceased estate early?
An interim distribution in New South Wales refers to a partial distribution of the assets of an estate to the beneficiaries before…
Things You Need to Know When Preparing and Executing a Will
A Will is a legal document that specifies a person’s directions for their estate when they die, formally known as a Last Will…
Things You Need to Know When Being an Executor of a Deceased Estate
As an executor of an estate, there are certain duties that you would be responsible for undertaking, such as:
3 Grounds You Need to Know When Contesting a Will
Contesting a Will relates to commencing a family provision claim against the provisions of the Will and the distribution…
6 Grounds You Need to Know Before Challenging A Will
Challenging a Will relates to the disputing the validity of the Will itself. This article is not about challenging the beneficial…
How to Defend a Family Provisions Claim in New South Wales?
What is a Family Provision Claim? A family provision claim is a legal action brought by an eligible person seeking a share…
Top 7 Estate Planning Mistakes Medical Professional’s Make
As with many busy medical professionals, they often fail to take time to consider the long-term effects of certain financial…
How to protect your wealth held in your individual name from third party claims without incurring CGT or Stamp Duty
If you are an individual having assets in your personal name, failing to implement asset protection strategies early, places you…
Guide to Injunctions – Freezing Order to Preserve Assets in Australia
A freezing order is a legal mechanism to prevent a party from removing or hiding certain assets.
Overview of Chinese Investment in Australia’s Healthcare
Chinese investment in Australia in recent years has mainly focused on healthcare, food and agriculture, and advanced technology…
Enforcement of Chinese Court Judgements in Australia
While there is no formal reciprocal arrangement between China and Australia to recognize and enforce the court judgments of one…
Due Diligence: What you must do?
When buying a business in Australia, it is imperative that you obtain legal advice from a commercial lawyer who will review…
A curious Prenuptial case
How a High Court ruling might change the face of Family Law in Australia for Prenuptial or financial agreements.
MistryFallahi Lawyers advises CBIG Consulting on joining Deloitte
MistryFallahi Lawyers and Business Advisors congratulates leading Asia-Pacific specialists in Big Data and Advanced Analytics CBIG…
Changes to the NSW conveyancing legislation
What do last month’s changes to the NSW conveyancing legislation mean and how will they benefit the purchasers?
Protecting an e-commerce business
Operating an e-commerce or online business can allow for massive scalability and growth, but it can also bring with it a raft…
How to protect yourself and your clients when making an Enduring Power of Attorney
Given Australia’s ageing population, the importance of Australians needing to appoint a trusted person(s) through an enduring…
Why it makes sense to buy in Victoria
With a median house price over $1 million, Sydney is Australia’s most expensive city to live in. It doesn’t help that first home…
Buying in QLD? Here’s what you need to know
As Sydney house prices continue to soar, the dream of owning a home becomes more distant. Many people struggle to raise…
Vacancy Tax – More Pain for Foreign Investors
Over the past 5 years, there has been extensive coverage in the media about Sydney’s housing affordability crisis…
How to save $30,000.00 on Stamp Duty
Stamp Duty is the most expensive purchase cost affecting home buyers. On a property with a purchase price of $800,000.00…
