When it comes to divvying up your estate after death, testamentary trusts are often touted as an option. They can be a way to ‘rule from the grave’, giving you more control over the way your assets are distributed – placing them in a trust, rather than having them given directly to your beneficiaries…

Australian taxpayers are “bound to” be hit with an inheritance tax, Chief of financial advice firm Stanford Brown, Jonathan Hoyle has said, pointing to similar policies in the UK and US…

Family lawyers could be hit with personal costs orders if they fail to help resolve disputes as “quickly, inexpensively and efficiently” as possible and if their fees become disproportionate to the issues in dispute, under laws to be introduced to parliament today…

Tax liabilities may not rank highly in the heat of a divorce but when a couple splits assets – particularly property – there are tax hurdles that many people don’t expect but can still come back to bite…