I share your sentiments GR (with the whole field of wills and estates law as a prime example of unnecessary complexity), but I'm sure you know that a primary cause of legal complexity is that one of the main functions of lawyers is to generate work for other lawyers, and vice versa.
When I was about to take the MPRE (multiple choice legal ethics exam required to join the bar), I was told I should just apply the following test to each question: choose the answer that produces the most income for the legal profession as a whole. Turns out it worked every time it was possible to apply it, and it applied to nearly every question on the 50-question test (for the 1 or 2 remaining questions it did not produce any answer so I was on my own). I concluded from this experience that to be an ethical lawyer, all one had to do was generate the most income possible for the legal profession. (fortunately for the public, I never did practice law)
When I was about to take the MPRE (multiple choice legal ethics exam required to join the bar), I was told I should just apply the following test to each question: choose the answer that produces the most income for the legal profession as a whole. Turns out it worked every time it was possible to apply it, and it applied to nearly every question on the 50-question test (for the 1 or 2 remaining questions it did not produce any answer so I was on my own). I concluded from this experience that to be an ethical lawyer, all one had to do was generate the most income possible for the legal profession. (fortunately for the public, I never did practice law)