Clients often wish to transfer estate assets into an existing Family Trust. This is because they want to use the accumulated tax losses in the Family Trust. This is often a mistake. It triggers Division 6AA penalty tax rates and risks “trapping” losses...
Active Consent in Corporate Governance: Mitigating Coerced Directorships through Annual Re-Verification Submission by: Adjunct Professor Dr Brett Davies SJD, MBA, LLM, LLB, BJuris, Dip Ed, BArts(Hons) Adjunct Professor, The University of Western Australia &...
Couple relationship options 26 November 2025 | Estate planning and trust law | Family law Practitioner Article By: Barbara Smith AM, Dr Ed Koken and Dr Brett Davies There are three types of couple relationships in Australia where two people are in a romantic or sexual...
Withdrawing wealth from your proprietary limited company is difficult. Australian tax law, particularly the tortious Division 7A rules, is designed to keep wealth ‘trapped’ inside the corporate structure. Your company is a separate legal person. The...
Can I prepay rent in advance in a Lease? Yes, you can prepay rent. A Legal Consolidated Commercial Lease is specifically engineered with the express power to do so. Our law firm’s Commercial Lease allows a tenant to pay rent in advance. This special feature is...
