ViewLegal Podcast
by View Legal
View Legal is a specialist law firm, focusing on tax, structuring, asset protection, business succession and estate planning. The founders of View Legal are committed to building a law firm that our friends would choose. View Legal is results focused and passionate about delivering solutions in a way that aligns with our 'SPS' - service and price satisfaction - guarantee.
Episodes
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#114 - SMSFs: strategies to manage non-death exit events
In many estate planning exercises, superannuation held via a self managed superannuation fund (SMSF) is either the second largest - or largest - asset. As life expectancies grow, so to does the probability that control of SMSF assets will need to be managed prior to a member's death. At a minimum...
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#113 - Being fair v being equal: Balancing adjustments in holistic estate planning
In any estate planning exercise involving more than one potential beneficiary a threshold question will be whether the focus is on achieving a distribution that is fair, or equal. Where equality is the desired outcome there are a range of second order consequences that need to be managed. This...
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#112 - Dividing the Indivisible: Discretionary Trusts and Holistic Estate Planning
In many holistic estate planning exercises arguably the most strategic question to resolve is how to manage wealth controlled via one or more discretionary trusts. This webinar explores the key issues with the main alternatives for discretionary trust structures in holistic estate planning,...
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#111 - Common Sense: Professional Service Firm Superpower or Unicorn Poop?
Many observers are predicting that the changes to the legal and professional services industries over the next 3 years will be unprecedented. A 'perfect storm' across issues such as digital disruption, de-leveraging and new entrants mean that the only certainty in ongoing change. The key question...
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#110 - Tax on death: The Key CGT Rules Explained
The mantra that death and taxes are the only certainties in life arguably remains true; with the qualification that at least on death there are not ongoing changes ... unlike the tax regime; the 2026 Budget the latest piece of supporting evidence. The capital gains tax (CGT) rules for deceased...
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#109 - Trust Horror Stories … the 10th Anniversary Edition
Many specialist advisers have business plans that consist of one word - 'trusts'. A significant reason for this is the myriad of seemingly never-ending problems with trust deeds. In the lead up to another 30 June, this 10th Anniversary edition of our 'Trust Horror Stories' webinar series we will...
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#108 - Asset Revaluation Reserves: A Holistic Estate Planning Strategy Unpacked
Whenever a trust owns assets intended to be addressed as part of an estate plan the loan accounts and unpaid present entitlements are critical aspects to be considered. The issues in this regard are almost always magnified when any form of asset revaluation is undertaken, particularly when the...
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#107 - Adviser Facilitated Business Succession Planning: The Steps for Success
Holistic Estate planning is widely considered as being 'so hot right now' for many advisers. Business succession planning, as part of holistic estate planning, is arguably becoming the 'go to' value add for many advisers. This session will explore the key ways financial advisers, accountants…
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#106 - Estate Planning 2026 Where are we at
The pace of evolution of all aspects of estate planning has continued to intensify over the last 12 months. This webinar will use case studies to explore all key recent developments including: · the key estate planning related court decisions over the last 12 months · taxation and stamp duty...
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#105 - 2025 The Year in ReView
At least once a week throughout the course of 2025, Matthew Burgess has shared insights in relation to business model iterations, the future of the professions, time billing and many other insights and observations. In this special event, Matthew reviews the highs and lows from 2025 in what will…
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#104 - Securing succession of SMSFs as part of an estate plan
For every SMSF member, regardless of whether they choose to use a binding death benefit nomination, the overriding objective of a holistic estate plan must be securing of the succession of control of the fund and in turn member benefits. This interactive webinar will explore a range of strategies...
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#103 - Trust Distribution Disasters ... & how to avoid them
On a year on year basis, with discretionary trusts, there is arguably no more important issue than how distribution resolutions are crafted. Best practice dictates that investment be made in the approaches to be adopted well before the end of any financial year. True to this mantra, this case…
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#102 - Taxation of Testamentary Trusts - Summarised, Simplified and Synthesised
Ongoing changes to Australia's tax and regulatory framework have had an enormous impact on virtually all estate planning strategies. Arguably the key risk however for customers and advisers alike is failing to manage the fundamental issues in relation to the structure and taxation of testamentary...
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#101 - Perfecting Pricing Principles
Many observers are predicting that the impending changes to the professional services industries will be unprecedented. A 'perfect storm' across issues such as digital disruption, de-leveraging and new entrants mean that the only certainty will be change. The key question for every professional…
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#100 - Lost Trust Deeds
This webinar explores one of the most problematic issues faced by any trustee and their adviser – a lost trust deed. Without a fully executed, 'wet ink' trust deed there can be disastrous tax, stamp duty and administration issues that arise. This session will provide practical recommendations for...
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#99 - The Gift & Loan Back Strategy: A Master Class
View's April 2025 webinar (Asset protection planning; without paying tax and duty – what's the latest) was one of the most popular in recent history. Many specialist advisers posed many thoughtful questions focused on the Gift & Loan Back strategy, that timing did not allow for exploring. Those...
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#98 -Trust Horror Stories … the 9th Edition
Many specialist advisers have business plans that consist of one word - 'trusts'. A significant reason for this is the myriad of seemingly never ending problems with trust deeds. In the lead up to another 30 June, this webinar will explore numerous trust 'horror' stories that View has helped...
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#97 - Asset protection planning; without paying tax and duty – what's the latest
Asset protection strategies continue to be a key issue for advisers and their customers. Simplistically, asset protection can be as basic as moving assets out of the personal name of at risk individuals – an approach that can always deliver results; as long as tax and duty consequences are…
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#96 - Adviser Facilitated Estate Planning: & the Story Behind the Seven Steps to Success
Holistic estate plan has been in recent times, a key part of the value proposition for many financial advisers, accountants and risk advisers. Why? Our view (no pun intended) is that adviser facilitated estate planning is one of the very few areas of the law where advisers and clients can work...
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#95 - Estate planning in 2025 Where are we at?
The pace of evolution of all aspects of estate planning has continued to intensify over the last 12 months. This webinar will leverage story telling to explore all key recent developments in holistic estate planning, including: key estate planning related court decisions taxation and stamp duty...
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#94 - 2024 The Year in ReView
At least once a week throughout the course of 2024, Matthew Burgess has shared insights in relation to business model iterations, the future of the professions, time billing and many other insights and observations. In this special event, Matthew reviews the highs and lows from 2024 in what will…
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#93 - Family Constitutions (AKA the strength of a family, lies in its loyalty to each other)
As (infamously) confirmed by The Godfather, the success and the strength of a family, lies in its loyalty to each other. Historically a tool almost exclusively leveraged by high net wealth families, increasingly family constitutions are being used as an approach to help manage wealth across...
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#92 - Key Estate Planning Lessons from Ultra High Net Wealth Families
Perhaps because the risks are so material, fails in ultra high net wealth holistic estate plans continue to captivate advisers and the public alike. Behind the headlines however, the underlying legal and commercial principles are often extremely instructive for all advisers, regardless of the...
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#91 – Business Restructures and Asset Protection
Ongoing changes to Australia's tax and regulatory framework have had an enormous impact on virtually all business structures. Arguably the key risk however for customers and advisers alike is failing to manage the fundamental asset protection risks in business structuring. This session will use...
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#90 -Timeless questions … about going timeless
Many observers are predicting that the impending changes to the professional services industries will be unprecedented. A 'perfect storm' across issues such as digital disruption, de-leveraging and new entrants mean that the only certainty will be change. The key question for every professional…
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#89 - To bind or not to bind – unbundling the great BDBN debate
In many holistic estate planning exercises, superannuation is either the second largest - or largest - asset. As superannuation savings continue to accumulate the number of disputes in relation to death benefit payments also seems to be growing. Particularly in the SMSF space, it is critical for...
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#88 - Trust Horror Stories… the 8th Edition
Many specialist advisers have business plans that consist of one word - 'trusts'. A significant reason for this is the myriad of seemingly never ending problems with trust deeds. In the lead up to another 30 June, this webinar will explore numerous trust 'horror' stories that View has helped...
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#87 - Ousting the Outlaws in Estate Planning
Families that do not endure relationship breakdowns, or at least significant differences in opinions, are essentially unicorns in the modern world. To ensure advisers are off-risk – and adding value – holistic estate planning strategies to manage the 'outlaws' are essentially compulsory. This…
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# 86 - Adviser Facilitated Estate Administration and Probate: Stories of Success
Holistic estate planning arguably has been, and remains, the definition of 'so hot right now'. A key part of the story of strategic advisers, particularly as the entire baby boomer generation cohort enters the last phase of their life span, is probate and estate administration. This session will...
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# 85 – Estate planning in 2024 – where are we at?
The pace of evolution of all aspects of estate planning has continued to intensify over the last 12 months. This webinar will leverage story telling to explore all key recent developments in holistic estate planning, including: key estate planning related court decisions taxation and stamp duty...
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# 84 – Year in ReVIEW
At least once a week throughout the course of 2023, Matthew Burgess has shared insights in relation to business model iterations, the future of the professions, time billing and many other insights and observations. In this special event, Matthew reviews the highs and lows from 2023 in what will…
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# 83 – Speaking and Presenting: Adviser Hacks
At last count there were over 2,150 separate speaking and presentation skills that Matthew Burgess of View has studied and leveraged. This webinar will provide a modern day version of the Pareto Principle (aka the 80-20 rule, that is 80% of a result comes from 20% of the input). The modern day...
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# 82 – Designer Trusts: Split, Cloned, Umbrella and Corporate Trusts
In 2023, perhaps more than any other year recently, the appropriateness of various trust structures is in sharp focus. With the only certainty seemingly change, the concept of 'designer trusts' is arguably on trend for many specialist advisers. In particular, throughout the life cycle of a trust,...
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#81 – Superannuation and Estate Planning: A recipe for disaster
The pace of evolution of all aspects of superannuation related estate planning has continued to intensify over the last 12 months. This webinar provides an insight into a range of issues to help advisers avoid the combination of estate planning and superannuation leading to a disaster, including:...
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#80 – Distributed, digitalised and democratised: latest lessons learnt on PSF business models
Many observers are predicting that the changes to the professional services industries over the next 3 years will be unprecedented. A 'perfect storm' across issues such as digital disruption, de-leveraging and new entrants mean that the only certainty will be change. The key question for every...
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#79 – Family Trust Deeds: What all advisers must know
The Tax Office and Courts alike are increasingly focused on trustees who inadvertently breach the terms of a trust deed. Invariably the any adviser assisting the trust will be implicated in any alleged breach. This case study based webinar will explain the key issues all advisers must be aware of...
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#78 – Trust Horror Stories … the 7th Edition
Many specialist advisers have business plans that consist of one word - 'trusts'. A significant reason for this is the myriad of seemingly never ending problems with trust deeds. In the lead up to another 30 June, this webinar will explore numerous trust 'horror' stories that View has helped...
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#77 – Blended families and estate planning – 14 Further Strategies for Success
At least statistically, blended families are an issue in at least every second estate plan. And, at least in theory, there are no particularly unique issues from an estate planning perspective that need to be considered in a blended family situation, as compared to any other estate planning...
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#76 – Adviser Facilitated Business Succession Planning: The Steps for Success
Business succession planning, as part of holistic estate planning, is arguably the 'go to' value add for many advisers. This session will explore the key ways financial advisers, accountants, risk advisers and other lawyers can leverage View's facilitated business succession planning platform to...
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#75 – Estate planning in 2023 – where are we at?
The pace of evolution of all aspects of estate planning has continued to intensify over the last 12 months. This webinar will use case studies to explore all key recent developments including: the key estate planning related court decisions over the last 12 months taxation and stamp duty changes...
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#74 - A Story for You: 2022 – The Year in ReView
At least once a week throughout the course of 2022, Matthew Burgess has shared insights in relation to business model iterations, the future of the professions, time billing and many other insights and observations. In this special event, Matthew reviews the highs and lows from 2022 in what will…
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#73 - Selling Solutions as a Service (AKA: Subscription for PSFs unbundled)
The Trashing the Timesheet debate v Fixed Pricing continues to rage for many. The evidence suggests however these subscription platforms are where it is at for the winning professional service firms. In this webinar we will explore what it is like to be part of a 'members only' law firm…
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#72 - Post Death Trusts = Asset Protection + Tax Planning
Post death estate planning strategies are a key area for any adviser in the estate planning space. The combination of strict rules around managing the assets of a deceased, together with both tax planning and asset protection issues, means that while there are planning opportunities, care must be...
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#71 - Superannuation War Stories
In many estate planning exercises, superannuation is either the second largest - or largest - asset. As superannuation savings continue to accumulate the number of disputes in the self managed superannuation fund space is also increasing. It is critical for advisers to understand the key rules....
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#70 - Helpful Hacks
Many observers are predicting that the changes to the professional services industries over the next 3 years will be unprecedented. A 'perfect storm' across issues such as digital disruption, de-leveraging and new entrants mean that the only certainty will be change. The key question for every...
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#69 - Agribusinesses + Trusts: The formula to avoid Failure
In agribusiness, family trusts are arguably the single most used structure. As with all agribusiness structures managing trust arrangements both in day to day operations and succession planning is critical. This webinar explores all the key issues in this space, including: Control of family…
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#68 - Trust Horror Stories … the 6th Edition
Many specialist advisers have business plans that consist of one word - 'trusts'. A significant reason for this is the myriad of seemingly never-ending problems with trust deeds. In the lead up to another 30 June, this webinar will explore numerous trust 'horror' stories that View has helped...
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#67 - Blended families and estate planning - 13 Strategies for Success
At least statistically, blended families are an issue in at least every second estate plan. And, at least in theory, there are no particularly unique issues from an estate planning perspective that need to be considered in a blended family situation, as compared to any other estate planning...
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#66 - Adviser Facilitated Estate Planning: A story focusing on monetising your offering and managing the risk.
Estate planning is widely considered the 'go to' value add for many advisers. This session will explore the key ways financial advisers, accountants, risk advisers and other lawyers can leverage View's facilitated estate planning platform to monetise their offering; while managing risk. This...
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#65 - Estate planning in 2022 – where are we at?
The pace of evolution of all aspects of estate planning has continued to intensify over the last 12 months. This webinar will use case studies to explore all key recent developments including: the key estate planning related court decisions over the last 12 months taxation and stamp duty changes...
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View Legal is a specialist law firm, focusing on tax, structuring, asset protection, business succession and estate planning. The founders of View Legal are committed to building a law firm that our friends would choose. View Legal is results focused and passionate about delivering solutions in a way that aligns with our 'SPS' - service and price satisfaction - guarantee.
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