Description
Attend and earn 0.5 CPD hour in Substantive Law
This program is based on NSW legislation
Chair
Mary Rebehy, Barrister and Mediator, Lachlan Macquarie Chambers
When Powers of Attorney Become Powers of Disaster: From ‘Trust me’ to ‘Trust no-one’
- Risk management in the preparation of powers of attorney
- Advising principals and attorneys
- Tips and traps for solicitors
- Latest case law on powers of attorney
Presented by Katelin Whitley, Principal, Bestic Law; Accredited Specialist, Property and Wills & Estates Law, Leading Wills, Estates and Succession Planning Lawyer
Presenters
Mary Rebehy, Barrister and Mediator, Lachlan Macquarie Chambers
Mary Rebehy is a Barrister in Sydney who practises in a range of jurisdictions including administrative law, family law, and workplace facilitation. Mary is an accredited mediator and family dispute resolution practitioner. She has been a member of the Legal Aid Commission dispute resolution panel since 2000 and regularly chairs the court ordered mediations at the Parramatta, Family Court. Mary was previously the Manager of Executive and Ministerial Services at Office of State Revenue, and Director of Legal Management Services for the Department of Justice and Attorney General where she coordinated the Legal Services Review with NSW Treasury. Mary was appointed as a conference registrar at the Administrative Appeals Tribunal from 2006 to 2009 and currently serves on the Tribunal panel of early dispute resolution practitioners.
Katelin Whitley, Principal, Bestic Law
Katelin Whitley is the principal of Bestic Law located in Sydney and the Hunter Valley and practices primarily in succession, trust, and property law matters. She was admitted to practice in 2001 and was recognised by the NSW Law Society as an Accredited Wills and Estates Specialist in 2011 and as an Accredited Property Law Specialist in 2021. She works on both simple and high-level estate planning and acts on estate administrations including for large and complex estates. She has considerable experience advising and acting on contested estate litigation including lack of testamentary capacity and undue influence cases, family provision claims, construction of will litigation, and application of the Forfeiture Act. Katelin has represented estates, applicants, and beneficiaries. Katelin has completed her Master of Laws at the University of Sydney and Master of Forensic Mental Health in the UNSW School of Psychiatry. She has been lecturing in the College of Law Wills & Estates Master of Applied Law program since 2017, is a member of the Law Society NSW Property Law Committee, and was a member of the Law Society NSW Accredited Wills & Estates Specialists Committee from 2012 to 2022. Katelin is also a Notary Public and serves as a Council Member with the Society of Notaries of New South Wales Inc.
