Can I write my own will?

Can I write my own will?

Can I write my own will? Yes, says Michael Perkins, but the Courts are littered with examples of where people on their own have not completed the will making in a way that fully delivers the outcomes they seek.
Expensive litigation and disappointed beneficiaries are generally the result and generalised precedents may not provide the best outcome. Learn more…

A trigger for concern

A trigger for concern

In this article, reproduced with permission from the STEP Journal, Michael Perkins provides a high‑level introduction to a selection of relevant themes around managing client vulnerability, with a focus on the distinction between vulnerability and decision-making abilities. This article was first published in the STEP Journal: Michael Perkins, ‘A trigger for concern’, STEP Journal (Vol31 Iss2) pp.73-75.

How smart are smart contracts?

How smart are smart contracts?

How smart are smart, or digital contracts? Will they rock my world? They probably already have, says Jeremy Duffy, with digital contracts now regularly managing the performance of each player within many commercial dealings. Read this insight into digital, self-executing contracts, how they can help us and looking at what we need to make them a practical reality.

Exploring ChatGPT for Lawyers

Exploring ChatGPT for Lawyers

In this interview, Michael Perkins and Jeremy Duffy of Autonomy First Lawyers give us their take on ChatGPT and look at how it is impacting the legal world and how it can help our clients. What is ChatGPT? Why should we care? How useful is it to us? How should we be using ChatGPT – is it simply a research tool? What are the downsides? Is it dangerous? Read the interview here…