Darryl Goode │Consultant

Areas of law:

Phone: 02 6971 0336

dgoode(at)ohallorandeal.com

Darryl has been practicing law since graduating from Sydney University over 30 years ago.  He worked in Sydney for approximately 15 years and then moved to country New South Wales where he practised as a Partner in the legal firms of Meagher & Thompson, Thompson & Goode, Thompson Farrell & Goode, Farrell Goode and McRae and Darryl Goode & Associates.  Those firms had offices at Temora, Wagga Wagga and Canberra.

Estate planning

Estate planning seeks to find the most tax effective way of distributing your wealth.  It also considers other assets that, by law are not included in your estate but which may constitute a large part of your wealth such as your Superannuation Funds, Family Trusts, Family Companies etc.  Darryl prefers to work with your Accountant and/or your Financial Planner so that he can deal with all your assets and ensure they pass to the correct beneficiaries.  Our estate planning strategy gives your executors mechanisms to keep your assets in your family bloodline and to:

  • Allow your beneficiaries to legally reduce tax on estate income each year;
  • Make large Capital Gains Tax savings on the passing of estate assets to children;
  • Prevent estate assets passing to a child's spouse on divorce or premature death;
  • Keep your estate assets in your family and not have them pass to your children's in-laws;
  • Prevent the second spouse of your or your widow/widower receiving assets which you would want to go to your children;
  • Reduce the amount of tax payable on your superannuation Death Benefit;
  • Protect the assets of your estate against your children's bankruptcy;
  • Prevent any assets which pass to children or grandchildren being lost because of those beneficiaries suffering mental illness, addiction to drugs, alcohol, gambling, etc.

Darryl is one of a small number of legal practitioners in NSW who has extensive knowledge and experience in estate planning and testamentary trusts.

He is a solicitor and barrister of the Supreme Court of New South Wales.  He was also formally admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory.

He has financial planning qualifications (ACIP) but no longer practices in that area.

He is also a fellow of the Taxation Institute of Australia and was a tax agent (in conjunction with his legal practice) for over 30 years.

He is a former councillor of the Law Society of NSW and has been a member of the following Law Society Committees:

  • Law Society Probate Task Force
  • Law Society Elder Law and Succession Committee
  • Law Society Rural Issues Committee
  • Law Society Fidelity Fund Committee
  • Law Society Property Committee
  • Law Society Conduct Committee

Current memberships

  • NSW Law Society
  • Fellow of Taxation Institute of Australia

Qualifications

Bachelor of Laws, University of Sydney
FTIA (Taxation Institute of Australia)
ACIP (Financial Planning)

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