Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD hour in Substantive Law
This program is based on QLD legislation
Chair
Neil McGregor, Barrister, Brisbane Chambers
The Person Appointed in the Will Not Yet an “Executor": Possible Problems Before Probate Granted
- Who is entitled to apply for a grant of probate?
- What factors may prevent the appointee from assuming the office of executor?
- Intermeddling and its implications: what constitutes “acceptance” of the office of executor?
- How does the appointee renounce the right to probate?
- What to do when the appointee fails to apply for probate or renounce the role
Presented by Dianne Pendergast, Barrister, Brisbane Chambers
Presenters
Dianne Pendergast, Barrister, Brisbane Chambers
Dianne Pendergast was admitted to practice law in 1986. Since then she has practiced predominantly in family law, wills and estates, child protection and domestic violence. Dianne was a partner in a boutique practice until 1992, when she was appointed as a registrar of the Family Court where she worked as a mediator, conciliator and conducted interim hearings for the next 14 years. In 2006 Dianne was appointed to the statutory position of Adult Guardian (Qld.). Dianne has practiced as a barrister for the last 13 years.
Neil McGregor, Barrister, Brisbane Chambers
As a highly experienced barrister in Brisbane, Neil McGregor appreciates the challenge of family law trial work and advocacy. Neil was admitted as a barrister and solicitor in New Zealand in 1974 before moving to Australia. In Queensland, he was admitted as a solicitor in 1980, and then a barrister in 1984. He is a nationally accredited Mediator, a Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner (R1005156), and an Arbitrator under s.10M of the Family Law Act 1975. Whilst specialising predominantly in the field of Family Law for more than 25 years, Neil's career includes a wide range of disciplines including drawing Wills and contracts; conveyancing and complex commercial transactions; criminal work (trial and appellate); personal injuries; and civil, commercial and property litigation. Throughout his career, Neil has contributed to a number of publications such as Butterworth's Court Forms and Pleadings Queensland, and was a reporter for the Queensland Reports. He regularly presents and speaks at specialist legal conferences and seminars on the many facets that make up Family Law.
