Full Record

1. The wrong road introduction -- 2. Transacting for family wealth preservation in the shadow of family law -- 3. Strategies & devices often used sans financial agreements to ringfence family wealth -- 4. The limitations of such strategies & devices in property settlement : the Court?s exercise of discretion & the new jurisprudence of property settlement -- 5. The wrong road: the risks for the family associated with such strategies & devices -- 6. The solution & safety net for the family: the financial agreement -- 7. Current approach of the Courts to financial agreements -- 8. The pillars of an enforceable financial agreement -- 9. Approach to intergenerational agreements -- 10. The broader purpose the financial agreement -- 11. Charting the process -- 12. Third party financial agreements -- 13. Case study: Abrum [2013] FamCA 897 - the case for third party agreements -- 14. Who is your client? -- 15. Contract Law -- 16. Drafting considerations -- 17. Dealing with the rogue "outlaws": protecting against children?s spouses and the potentiality for relationship breakdown -- 18. Avoiding adverse revenue impacts -- 19. Other -- 20. Conclusion