Using trusts and super funds to protect assets from family law attack
Matthew Burgess, View Legal
The ability of the Family Court to attack assets held via a discretionary trust has been in little doubt, at least since the decision in Ken
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The ability of the Family Court to attack assets held via a discretionary trust has been in little doubt, at least since the decision in Ken
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