When Power Drifts, Fairness Fades: The Enduring Lessons of Fexuto v Bosnjak
When family companies expand into serious corporate enterprises, expectations around power, voice and fairness harden quickly. Fexuto v Bosnjak Holdings shows how silence, side-deals and exclusion can turn a functioning business into a legal battleground. Its lessons for modern leadership are direct: protect transparency, protect consent, and ensure no one pays twice for poor governance.
When Privacy Silences a Billion-Dollar Dispute
When family wealth meets confidentiality and control, the High Court must decide who gets to tell the story. In Rinehart v Hancock Prospecting (2019), the Court upheld arbitration clauses that forced family trust disputes into private hearings. The case redefined how far confidentiality can reach in Australia’s commercial and family trust law — showing that, sometimes, even family truth stays behind closed doors.