Description
Attend and earn 0.5 CPD hour in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Chair
Alicia Elliott, Director, Broun Abrahams Burreket; Accredited Specialist in Family Law; Leading Family & Divorce Lawyer and Leading Parenting & Children’s Matters Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2024
Trusts: What are Your Rights of Interest in the Trust: Current Trends
- Discretionary and Unit Trusts as part of the marital pool
- Applicable principles and recent decisions of note
- Balance sheet and taxation issues including Division 7A dangers, loans and unpaid present entitlements
- Evidentiary and strategic considerations
- The bank of mum and dad: equitable interests in property and trusts in millennial medium asset pools
- Potential equitable arguments: estoppel, constructive and resulting trusts
- Applicable legal principles and recent decisions
- Evidentiary and practical considerations
Presented by Petros Macarounas, Barrister, Frederick Jordan Chambers
Presenters
Petros Macarounas, Barrister, Frederick Jordan Chambers
Petros Macarounas is a barrister at Frederick Jordan Chambers. He maintains a broad practice, with his core areas of focus encompassing commercial and equity, common law, family law and criminal law. He appears predominantly for plaintiffs in personal injury matters, and insurers in motor vehicle property litigation, and his commercial practice sees him acting for both individuals and small companies. Other matters to which his experience extends includes worker’s compensation, wills and probate, fraud, building and construction and property. Prior to being called to the Bar, Petros practised as a solicitor at Henry Davis York and McLachlan Chilton, where he gained significant experience in the areas in which he continues to practice, providing him with a well-balanced approach when representing clients.
Alicia Elliott, Director, Broun Abrahams Burreket
Alicia Elliott is a family law specialist accredited by the Law Society of New South Wales. She practises exclusively in family law and provides clear guidance and advice on all aspects of family law, including financial matters, parenting issues, child support, spouse maintenance and de facto relationships. Alicia has successfully represented clients in complex financial and parenting cases, including high net worth matters, valuation disputes and international relocations and was named as a pre-eminent parenting and children's matters and a recommended leading family and divorce lawyer in the 2025 Doyle's Guide.