Member Roster

Academic record:

Graduated University of Sydney LLB (Second Class Honours) 1973

Graduated University of Sydney LLB (First Class Honours) 1981

Professional details:

Admitted as a solicitor in New South Wales on 9 February 1973

Partner, Teece Hodgson & Ward, from 1 July 1976 to date

Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law

Member of the International Academy of Estate and Trust Law

Member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP)

Member, STEP NSW Committee from July 2012

Affiliate Member of The Taxation Institute

Member, Elder Law, Capacity & Succession Committee, Law Society of New South Wales

Specialist accreditation:

Accredited Specialist in Wills and Estates Law (NSW)

Former chair of the Advisory Committee for Specialist Accreditation in Wills and Estates Law in NSW (formulating assessments for applicants for accreditation and assessing them) - 1999 to 2007; foundation Committee member from 1994 to 2007

Work areas:

Probate and equity

Equity litigation, including contested estate, will construction, family provision litigation; partnership and shareholder disputes

Estate planning advice

Trusts and trustee advice

Advice on contested estates, administration and estate planning, including questions of assets in foreign jurisdictions or applications by foreign executors in respect of assets in Australia

Court appointed administrator of estates

Advice in respect of mental health, financial management, guardianship issues

Expert witness in relation to estates and trusts

Continuing Professional Development:

Since 1986 has conducted workshops and seminars in the equity and succession areas of work for solicitors’ continuing legal education

Publications and other contributions:

Co-author, Mason and Handler's Succession Law and Practice, New South Wales (LexisNexis)

Co-author, Hutley's Australian Wills Precedents, 11^th Edition

Adviser, Practical Guidance – Succession Law (LexisNexis)

Seminar papers, case reviews and commentaries on wills, family provision and contested estate and trust litigation, powers of attorney and guardianship