A properly prepared Power of Attorney lets you appoint someone you trust in Lebanon, such as a family member, a friend or a lawyer, to act for you while you stay in Australia.

Unfortunately, many trustees are now discovering that a hidden legal trap exists within older trust deeds — one capable of triggering substantial foreign purchaser surcharge duty and annual surcharge land tax liabilities, even where the trustee and beneficiaries are Australian citizens.

In Australia, however, Muslim marriages operate within a secular legal framework governed primarily by the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth). This creates a situation where many Muslim couples effectively live under two systems simultaneously.