Finance

Powers of attorney (POAs) have been around in our English based legal system from long before the Crusades in the twelfth century. They are still widely used today. Learn about a special type of POA named the Enduring Power.

How do you feel about your rates being used to maintain community assets such as roads, drinking and stormwater systems plus sewage in areas fully expected to flood?

A recent legal article identified at least fourteen different pieces of legislation that empowered a court to interfere in the carrying out of the intentions expressed in a will. However, the three most common grounds for challenging a will are.

Most people know insurance policies include an excess, but if you’ve never made a claim, you might not really know what an excess is for, or how they work.

If you’re stepping back from your working years, or are about to, you’ll no doubt be familiar with conversations among friends about spending and saving after retirement.

Sometimes children end up living with their grandparents on an informal basis. This can creates problems when they suddenly find they cannot access a child’s medical or educational records.

There has never before been a time in history when so much statutory protection has been available to the consumer. The trick is to know your basic rights and not be afraid to advocate them.

Saving more than you actually need to? Are you being unnecessarily thrifty, and hard on yourself, while you do so? So what is driving folks to do this?

We all need a regular income (cashflow) to meet the necessities of life, however, when you retire, many get caught in the retirement cliff face

Some years ago an elderly client died. She was a dear old soul but had an almost pathological dislike of spending money, so we will call her Mrs Scrooge. Shortly after her death her family came into the office and with a flourish produced several pages o