Doyle’s Guide is a comprehensive and independent directory which showcases Australia’s best firms and lawyers. The 2024 listing of leading Victorian Wills, Estates & Succession Planning Law Firms details law firms practising within the areas of Wills, Estates and Succession Planning matters in the Victorian legal market who have been identified by their peers for their expertise and abilities in these areas.
Sladen Legal’s Succession Planning Lawyers Recognised In Doyles Guide Victoria 2023
Doyle’s Guide is a comprehensive and independent directory which showcases Australia’s best firms and lawyers. The 2023 listing of leading Victorian Wills, Estates & Succession Planning Law Firms details law firms practising within the areas of Wills, Estates and Succession Planning matters in the Victorian legal market who have been identified by their peers for their expertise and abilities in these areas.
Real life examples of problematic variation clauses
In September 2016, an article written by Sladen Legal's Phil Broderick, Will Monotti and Ashleigh Eynaud was published in the Tax Institute’s Journal, Taxation in Australia.
This article addresses how trust deed variation clauses vary from trust to trust and gives examples of some of the problematic ones we’ve seen.
Sladen Snippet – Court confirms trust deed variation to remove appointor/guardian was effective
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Grande – misleading and deceptive conduct case
The Supreme Court of Western Australia recently found a director personally liable for misleading and deceptive conduct by reason of the director signing a Letter of Offer on behalf of the company, which contained certain representations. While the case dealt with provisions of the Fair Trading Act 1987 (WA), both the Fair Trading Act 1999 (Vic) and the Australian Consumer Law have equivalent provisions.