Wills & Estates - Friday 11 September 2026
This Program has been HELD
(5 CPD) by ZOOM from the comfort of your home or office
Chair: Andrew Spierings, Barrister Vic Bar
Registration / Zoom in from 8:30am
Registration / Zoom in from 8:30am
Andrew Spierings Barrister Vic Bar
Adviser to Adversary - Conflicts for Solicitors in Estate Disputes * (more details below) |
Shane P Newton Barrister Vic Bar
The requirement to establish dependency in claims under part IV of the Administration and Probate Act 1958 |
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9:00-10:00am
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10:10-11:10am |
11:20-12:20pm
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1:00-2:00pm
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2:10-3:10pm
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Mitch McKenzie Barrister Vic Bar
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MORE DETAILS on topics (where provided):
* 9:00am - 10:00am
Andrew Spierings Barrister Vic Bar
Adviser to Adversary - Conflicts for Solicitors in Estate Disputes.
Recently had cause to look into when solicitors are restrained from acting for a party because they received instructions to draft the will and capacity, etc become key issues in the dispute .
** 11:20am - 12:20pm
Carolyn Sparke KC
Rogue Executors - what to do about executor misconduct. **
Estate administration can unravel quickly when a personal representative stops communicating, stops accounting, and starts spending. This session maps out the warning signs, the court's powers, and the steps practitioners must take when administration of an estate breaks down, including:
*** 2:10pm - 3:10pm
Simon T Pitt KC
Estate Disputes Involving Control of Trust.
We are in the middle of a $5 trillion inter-generational transfer of
wealth. It is bringing with it some complicated issues, both at an
estate level and a trust level. This paper will cover, amongst other
things, the following:
Corporate trustees: the 'controller' is dead; long live the controller.
"I want out." What are your options? Re Costa [2024] VSC 776.
Wealthy on paper: debts and UPEs.
* 9:00am - 10:00am
Andrew Spierings Barrister Vic Bar
Adviser to Adversary - Conflicts for Solicitors in Estate Disputes.
Recently had cause to look into when solicitors are restrained from acting for a party because they received instructions to draft the will and capacity, etc become key issues in the dispute .
** 11:20am - 12:20pm
Carolyn Sparke KC
Rogue Executors - what to do about executor misconduct. **
Estate administration can unravel quickly when a personal representative stops communicating, stops accounting, and starts spending. This session maps out the warning signs, the court's powers, and the steps practitioners must take when administration of an estate breaks down, including:
- The fiduciary duties owed by a personal representative to beneficiaries
- Court action, including the court's power to freeze an administrator's accounts on an urgent basis
- The circumstances in which third party recipients may be required to account or make restitution
- When a court may authorise an interim distribution to beneficiaries before administration is complete.
*** 2:10pm - 3:10pm
Simon T Pitt KC
Estate Disputes Involving Control of Trust.
We are in the middle of a $5 trillion inter-generational transfer of
wealth. It is bringing with it some complicated issues, both at an
estate level and a trust level. This paper will cover, amongst other
things, the following:
Corporate trustees: the 'controller' is dead; long live the controller.
"I want out." What are your options? Re Costa [2024] VSC 776.
Wealthy on paper: debts and UPEs.
