Written succession plans are vital, lawyer

Andrew Miller
Updated August 2 2021 - 4:17pm, first published July 27 2021 - 4:00pm
SUCCESSION PLANNING: Lawyers for Inverloch dairy farmer Gary Harris successfully appealed a challenge to a 2020 court decision on how much of the family farm he should be granted.
SUCCESSION PLANNING: Lawyers for Inverloch dairy farmer Gary Harris successfully appealed a challenge to a 2020 court decision on how much of the family farm he should be granted.

The need to seek legal and financial advice before writing down a succession plan has been highlighted by a recent Victorian Supreme Court case and subsequent appeal.

Andrew Miller

Andrew Miller

Journalist

I'm a general reporter with Stock & Land, with a special interest in irrigation issues. I completed my cadetship, with the Age, in 1980. Over my career, I've worked for ABC radio news (Mt Isa, Qld) and at provincial and suburban newspapers.

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