Danielle Ward

Danielle is currently out on parental leave. Our team member Jo Panirau is happy to help with any queries in Danielle's absence.

Helping our senior citizen clients sort out their legal affairs, including powers of attorney, trusts and wills, is one of the things that drives Danielle.

She’s also passionate about animals and one of her life goals is to meet a sloth! An unusual choice considering how active Danielle is: skiing, fishing with friends and wowing her workmates with her quizzing abilities are just a few of her hobbies away from the office.

Articles by Danielle

Trust us: Review your trust

The new Trusts Act came into effect on 30 January 2021 and if you’re a trustee or a beneficiary of a trust and haven’t reviewed your trust documents recently

Trusts and Life planning

Where there’s a Will, there’s a way

“Nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes,” wrote Benjamin Franklin way back in 1789.

Trusts and Life planning

New Act Means Less Blind Trust and More Clarity in Trusts Law

What do Peter Jackson’s film The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King and the new Trusts Act 2019 have in common? They’re both around 17 years old!

Trusts and Life planning Trusts

Getting your legal house in order in a “twilight relationship”

With lengthening life expectancies, better health in later years, and increasing divorce rates, it’s not surprising we’re seeing more “twilight relationships” blossom.

Relationship & Family Relationship property Trusts and Life planning Wills

Challenging a Will – Pt 2: Don’t think you’ve been left your fair share?

In the last edition of Off the Record, we began exploring what can be a highly contentious issue: challenging a Will. As I outlined in Challenging a Will: Part 1, there are two main legal grounds on which someone can question a Will. The first, which we explored in Part 1, is that the Will’s legal validity is disputed.

Trusts and Life planning Wills

Challenging a Will – Part 1

Death can bring more than mourning for those left behind. Too often it leads to animosity and arguing around the departed loved one’s Will – especially when its provisions come as a surprise.

Trusts and Life planning Wills