On 20 November 2013 I will be presenting a seminar and workshop for CPDS in Melbourne, titled ‘When Small Business Relationships Go Sour’. Although framed in a small business context, the focus is on ending business structures and recovering assets, and is equally applicable to larger structures. I will cover corporations, trusts and partnerships. In […]
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The start of the NSW Supreme Court battle over the Hancock/Rinehart family trust has cast a spotlight on the issue of removing trustees from their office. What are the relevant principles when a beneficiary seeks to remove a trustee? Power conferred by the trust instrument The first place to look is the trust instrument. Beneficiaries […]
It’s been almost five years since the High Court confirmed that Australian law does not recognise a standalone legal doctrine of waiver, Agricultural and Rural Finance Pty Ltd v Gardiner (2008) 238 CLR 570. Waiver is really a shorthand description of the result of the doctrines of election, estoppel, variation by contract and release. As Gummow, […]
Equity, Trusts and More 