Join us for an in-depth program to elevate your skills and knowledge in estate disputes and planning. Gain insights into effective estate dispute and litigation, from setting up an originating process to applying for Estoppel and Constructive Trusts and applying for Judicial Advice. Learn management strategies for estate plans involving company constitutions, financial statements and foreign assets, and blended families. Do not miss this comprehensive seminar that will equip you for the year ahead. 

Presenters

Sally Bruce, TEP, Partner, Succession + Estate, Jackson McDonald
Sally Bruce joined Jackson McDonald in January 2008 and currently holds the position of Partner with that firm. For the past 20 years, Sally has practised predominantly in the areas of succession planning, estate , litigation, trusts, deceased estates and guardianship and administration. Sally is a member of the Law Society of WA and the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners. She is also a member of the Elder Law and Succession Committee of the Law Society of WA and a member of the National Elder Law and Succession Committee of the Law Counsel of Australia.


Brendan Ashdown, Barrister, John Toohey Chambers
Brendan Ashdown has been admitted to legal practice for over 25 years. After founding his own firm, and later joining a mid-sized City firm, Brendan commenced practice at the bar in 2005 at John Toohey Chambers. Brendan undertakes trial and appellate work in a wide range of areas with an emphasis on equity & trusts, insolvency, contested wills & estates, and family law property matters (appeals, trust, company & third party issues).


Ann Spencer, Barrister, Francis Burt Chambers
Ann is a commercial barrister and joined Francis Burt Chambers in 2019. She has trial and appellate experience across a range of areas including property, trusts and estates disputes. As counsel she also is regularly provides opinions in complex areas and appears at mediations. Ann is approachable and pragmatic, as well as responsive to her client’s needs.


Karolina Rzymkowska, Director, Perth Legal Collective
Karolina Rzymkowska is a founding director of Perth Legal Collective, a boutique fixed price law firm operating out of Burswood. Karolina has practiced in the area of Wills, Estates and Commercial Law for over 15 years and has assisted clients with all aspects of their personal & business succession planning, estate dispute matters, deceased estate administration and commercial advice and documentation. Prior to founding Perth Legal Collective, Karolina held management roles and partnership positions in several well-known boutique law firms as well as leading the estates team at ANZ Trustees in WA and SA. Karolina has a strong interest in aged care and holds a board position with a local aged care and disability services provider. Karolina is also a fully qualified Collaborative Law Practitioner and is a member of Collaborative Professionals WA.


Lee-Ann Cartoon, Principal, Succession Solutions Perth
Lee-Ann Cartoon is an experienced tax and succession planning lawyer. She has worked throughout Australia and the UK advising clients ranging from global financial institutions and multinational energy and resource companies to high net wealth individuals. Lee-Ann's experience has given her an appreciation of the importance of approaching any matter commercially, logically and with the client's end goal front of mind. Lee-Ann has developed a particular interest in complex estate and succession planning and regularly advises and presents across these areas. Lee-Ann is a Member of the STEP WA State Committee, Chair of the STEP WA Membership and Promotion Sub-Committee and Member of the national STEP Membership and Promotion Sub-Committee. Lee-Ann has been recognised in Doyle's Guide since 2021 in the category of "Leading Wills, Estates & Succession Planning Lawyers - Western Australia". 1911AW01 Lee-Ann Cartoon is an experienced tax and succession planning lawyer. She has worked throughout Australia and the UK advising clients ranging from global financial institutions and multinational energy and resource companies to high net wealth individuals. Lee-Ann's experience has given her an appreciation of the importance of approaching any matter commercially, logically and with the client's end goal front of mind. Lee-Ann has developed a particular interest in the area of complex estate and succession planning and regularly advises and presents across these areas.


Maree van der Kwast, Senior Consultant, Private Clients Group, Jackson McDonald
Maree van der Kwast joined Dwyer Durack in 2001. She heads the Succession Department. In July 2005 Maree became a partner of Dwyer Durack and in July 2006 a director of Dwyers Legal Pty Ltd. Maree had always been interested in estates and gained first class honours from the University of Western Australia with a thesis about inheritance rights. Since being admitted to practice she has focused on litigation relating to equitable claims, action pursuant to the Inheritance Act and disputes about deceased estates, trusts and Wills. Maree also drafts Wills and administers non-contentious estates.


Peter Nevin, Partner, Taylor Smart
Peter Nevin is a Partner in the Commercial Litigation practice group of Taylor Smart Lawyers and Notaries. Admitted to practice in 1995, Peter's areas of expertise are wills and estate disputes, commercial litigation and employment law, with a particular interest in wills and estate litigation. He has acted as Counsel for executors, beneficiaries and claimants in relation to Family Provision Act claims, will disputes, capacity matters, estate administration disputes, and other contentious wills and estate matters, and was named by Doyle's Guide in 2024 as both a recommended wills and estate litigation lawyer and a recommended wills, estates and succession lawyer in Western Australia. Peter is a full member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners and is a member of the Elder Law and Succession Committee of the Law Society of Western Australia.


Morgan Solomon, Director, Solomon Hollett Lawyers
Founding Director at Perth law firm Solomon Hollett Lawyers, Morgan has decades of experience in succession law, commercial, business, wills and estates and estate litigation. Prior to opening Solomon Hollett Lawyers along with Craig Hollett in 2015, Morgan was Director at one of Western Australia's leading midsized law firm. Morgan has particular interest in Wills, Contested Estates, Contentious Probate and Administration matters and currently is the author of the Lexis Nexis practical guides on non contentious probate, administration and Wills in WA. His Will drafting is also informed by a very broad range of commercial, business and litigation law experience. In recent years Morgan has held the positions of Vice Chair and then Chairman of the prestigious Law Australasia group of leading independent law firms across Australia and was a board member of the Prostate Cancer Foundation WA. A third generation West Australian lawyer, he also takes an active role in the State's cultural community, as a founding member of the WA Chamber of Culture and the Arts, holds an honours degree in fine art from UWA and, and sits as Chair of the statutory body the Arts and Culture Trust.


Damon Van Kempen​, Barrister, Francis Burt Chambers
Damon is a barrister at Francis Burt Chambers, practicing in commercial and estate litigation. Prior to joining the Bar, Damon was a solicitor at a Doyle’s listed firm, where he dealt with a variety of estoppel and trust claims, in both a commercial and succession context.


Robert Nash​, Barrister, Francis Burt Chambers
Robert Nash has been admitted to legal practice since 1987. He has practiced as an independent barrister for over 20 years at Francis Burt Chambers, is an accredited mediator, and is a member of STEP. In recent years his practice at the Bar has been primarily providing advice and acting as counsel in the areas of succession, estate administration, trusts, real property, and military discipline law. He is the Chairperson of the Racing Penalties Appeal Tribunal of Western Australia and was formerly the Head of Panel of the WA Navy Legal Panel.