• 2019
• Legal Services

“Succession planning – protecting your business, your estate and you” You may be surprised to hear that in a recent Family Business Australia survey less than 30 per cent of family businesses indicated that they have a formal succession plan in place. The failure to properly prepare for an owner’s retirement, or unexpected departure due

• 2019
• Legal Services

It is an unfortunate, but all too common, scenario that upon the death of a family member – usually a parent – the spouse or children of that family member are left fighting over who should get what from the deceased’s estate. Many people assume that what is written in a will is water tight