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#75 Family Law Protection of Trusts: Kennon v Spry
For many clients, discretionary trusts are about one thing: protection. And when relationships break down, the question becomes: how protected are those assets, really?
In this this first episode in our new series on...
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#74 How I Make Part-Time Work… Actually Work
Confession: I used to be a full-blown workaholic lawyer.
Fourteen-hour days. Every meal at my desk. “Busy” as a personality trait.
Now? I run a million-dollar sole director firm working around 20–25 hours a week......
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#73 Inherited & outdated? It's time to audit your basic will precedent
Most lawyers have a “basic will precedent” that’s been handed down through multiple jobs, multiple law reform changes, and at least one clause no one wants to touch.
And yet… it’s still in use.
In this episode, I talk...
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#72 Funding the Gap: A New Way to Support Executors and Beneficiaries
It’s not often that something genuinely new lands in the estate planning space, which is why I was so curious when I discovered that JustFund has launched a funding solution designed specifically for estate...
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#71 No TT in the will: Can we fix it after death?
It’s one of the hardest moments in estate planning practice.
A person has died, and as you review the will, it’s immediately obvious that the family would have hugely benefited from a testamentary trust. Asset...
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#70 The Quiet Power of a Letter of Wishes
Letters of wishes often get treated as an optional extra — nice to have, but not essential. In reality, they can play a powerful role in how an estate plan is understood, implemented, and experienced by a family.
In...
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#69 How many TTs?
In this episode, I unpack the considerations that sit behind this decision, including:
The pros and cons of a TT per beneficiary versus a shared structure
When separate TTs for minors make sense — and when they add...
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#68 Is a Free First Meeting Costing You More Than You Think?
Do you offer a free first meeting?
It’s one of the most common questions estate planning lawyers are asked.
In this episode, I unpack the pros and cons of offering a free initial client meeting. What works brilliantly...
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#67 My Why
This episode is a little more personal than usual.
Behind the precedents, podcast, courses, and community, there’s a very clear "why" that drives everything I do — and in this episode, I’m sharing it with you.
It’s...
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#66 Common TT Myths
I’m setting the record straight by busting some of the most common myths about testamentary trusts that still float around both the public and the profession. By the end of this episode, you’ll have clear, confident...
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#65 Using AI safely and effectively in your legal practice
The buzz around Generative AI is hardly going away, and in a world where we are all over worked and time poor, it could be the solution to working faster and better.
But should lawyers use Generative AI in a really...
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#64 What is a Super Proceeds Trust?
Superannuation and estate planning is a complex enough topic - but when you throw testamentary trusts into the mix, things can get confusing fast!
In this episode, I cut through the confusion and explain what a Super...
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