Chair
Geoffry Underwood, Barrister, Sixth Floor Selborne Wentworth Chambers
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD hour in Substantive Law
This program is based on NSW legislation
Everything’s Not Awesome – Let’s Build it Together: Construction and Rectification of Wills
- Principles of construction: the meaning of the words on the page in light of the surrounding circumstances
- Beneficiaries
- Property
- Substitution
- Charity and cy pres schemes
- Equalisation clauses
- Principles of rectification
- Clerical errors
- Failure to follow instructions
- Extensions of time
Presented by Craig Birtles, Barrister, Two Wentworth Chambers; Preeminent Wills & Estates Litigation Junior Counsel, Doyle’s Guide 2024
Presenters
Geoffry Underwood, Barrister, Sixth Floor Selborne Wentworth Chambers
Geoffry Underwood is a barrister practising from Sixth Floor, Selborne Wentworth Chambers, 174 Phillip Street Sydney. He practises principally in the area of Equity, Estate and Family Provision advising and litigation. He has been involved in Estate Litigation on a regular basis for over 20 years. He has many interests outside the law including family, travel, golf and classical music.
Craig Birtles, Barrister, Two Wentworth Chambers
Craig Birtles is a barrister at the Sydney Bar specialising in estate litigation. Craig regularly presents papers on all aspects of estate litigation and general equity matters. Craig was named as a Leading Junior Counsel – New South Wales in the Doyle’s Guide from 2019 to 2024. Craig is a member of the NSW Bar Association Succession & Protective Law Committee and the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners.
