Article by Aidan Macnab
As families become more complex, so, too, does the work
for the wills, trusts and estates boutiques.
Happy families are all alike, but unhappy families are all
unhappy in their own way, wrote Tolstoy in Anna Karenina.
When negotiating, arranging and implementing wills, trusts and
estates, the unique dramas accompanying a family — and the
evolving cultural and economic context in which they exist —
are growing in intricacy, especially compared to the simple days of
primogeniture, where an estate was transferred to the child lucky
enough to be born first.
Margaret O'Sullivan, managing partner of O'Sullivan
Estate Lawyers LLP, says her practice is becoming increasingly
complex with the wide variety of families, their different
philosophies and where and how they are organized, in 2018.
