Colin Munro

Courses by this Author

Family and Business Trusts

CPD Points: 1.5 Price:

$149.00

Published February 2019. Reviewed September 2021 (next review due February 2022)

Practical drafting and tax issues involved in family and business trusts addressing: best practices in drafting trust deeds and common errors drafting clauses for change in trustee or guardian or appointor caused by events in such as bankruptcy and family breakdowns discussion of Mercanti v Mercanti [2016] WASCA 206 are unit trusts still relevant? tax aspects of change in ownership of unit trusts trust cloning tax aspects of change in beneficiaries tax implications of change in residency of trustee or guardian or appointor equalisation clauses, re-characterisation clauses, unpaid present entitlements and sub trusts.

This course has been approved for 1.5 Family Law Accreditation Points.

Director: Munro Doig

Colin was first admitted as a legal practitioner in South Africa in 1981 and prior to establishing Munro Doig, had been a partner in a large national law firm in Perth.

Author Detail

Colin was first admitted as a legal practitioner in South Africa in 1981 and prior to establishing Munro Doig, had been a partner in a large national law firm in Perth.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Laws and a postgraduate Higher Diploma in Tax Law. Colin practises in all aspects of tax and trust law, with a focus on structuring and taxation of entities and transactions. As a highly regarded tax lawyer, Colin regularly presents at seminars conducted by North of the River CPA, Tax Institute of Australia and the Law Society of Western Australia. Colin is a Fellow of the Tax Institute of Australia.