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…
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.
In January 2023, the Royal Commission published its report providing a framework for supported decision-making. For all its detail, argues Michael Perkins, the report does not address the need for practical and implementable processes to support the decision making of the vulnerable and the disabled.
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.
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…
While politicians and Government try to improve services being delivered to ageing and disabled Australians, it is family, carers and community volunteers who bear the brunt of many personal care requirements for the vulnerable, says Michael Perkins. In this new article, Michael looks at how this can impact the will and preference of the person under care…