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Will and Estate Law

Estate Planning for Digital Assets

Incorporating digital assets into your estate planning is essential in today’s digital age.

By taking proactive steps to manage these digital assets, you can ensure that your legacy is preserved

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Will and Estate Law

When do you need to make a new will?

Personal estate planning is an evolving process. It is very rare for our circumstances to remain static throughout our lifetime, which means that just making a will is not enough

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Will and Estate Law

Informal Wills in Queensland

In an ideal world, we would all be up to date with our planning, including our estate planning. Unfortunately, studies show that a large proportion of Australian adults do

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Will and Estate Law

News round up – Estate Planning

Recent national news stories have put the issue of estate planning into the spotlight. These articles highlight generally the critical importance of appropriate estate planning for Australian adults of

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Commercial Law

Independent Advice Certificate

It is becoming increasingly common for banks and other lenders to require borrowers or guarantors to obtain independent legal advice about their rights and obligations. Generally, these lenders will

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Commercial Law

Shareholders’ Agreements

A shareholders’ agreement is an agreement that governs the relationship between a company, its shareholders and other key people. A shareholders’ agreement shouldn’t be an ‘off the shelf’ product,

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Will and Estate Law

Who controls a Discretionary Trust?

Discretionary trusts (often referred to as family trusts) are a very common method of holding assets in Australia, and are used to hold property and other financial assets and also

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Will and Estate Law

Mental Health and Capacity

October is Mental Health Month and 10 October 2019 is world Mental Health Day.

More than 1 in 5 Australians are affected by mental illness, and there are a range of

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Will and Estate Law

Estate Planning and Coronavirus

With the rapidly escalating responses to the coronavirus pandemic, it is more important than ever to ensure that you have an appropriate estate plan in place – and in particular

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Will and Estate Law

Witnessing Wills in Queensland

On 23 April this year, the Covid-19 Emergency Response Act 2020 received royal assent and came into force in response to the ever-changing requirement for new law as a result

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Will and Estate Law

Estate Planning and your pets

We were pleased to be joined today by a new team member, ‘Bear’ the office labrador. While Bear is not necessarily the most productive staff member at Ballantyne Law Group,

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