Beyond the Will: Asset Protection v Estate Planning
Examine the ins and outs of different estate planning strategies, provides insight on common tips and traps, considers some recent case examples, to work ultimately out if a good estate plan can also protect your assets.
Presented by Carla Parsons, Director, Parsons Law; Accredited Specialist in Succession Law; Leading Estates Litigation Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2024, Preeminent Wills and Estates Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2024
Description
Attend and earn 0.5 CPD hour in Substantive Law
This program is based on QLD legislation
Chair
Jennifer Sheean, Barrister-at-law, Nationally Accredited Mediator
Presenters
Jennifer Sheean, Barrister-at-law, Nationally Accredited Mediator
Jennifer was admitted in 1992 as a solicitor in the New South Wales Supreme Court and the High Court of Australia. In 1991 and 1992, she was Associate to the late Mr Justice R.P. Meagher of the New South Wales Court of Appeal. After moving back to Brisbane in 1997, she was in general practice as a solicitor before joining the College of Law as a Lecturer in 2006. Jennifer was called to the Queensland Bar in 2011. Jennifer is a member of STEP (Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners), current chair of the STEP Australia Policy and Advocacy Committee, a past member of the QLD STEP Committee, a past Board Member of STEP Australia and is the Chair of the Appeals Panel of Virginia Golf Club, Brisbane. In 2017, she undertook the Advanced Certificate in Cross Border Estates course through STEP and received a distinction. Jennifer is also a sessional member at the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (QCAT) sitting primarily in the Human Rights Division. She is a NMAS accredited mediator. She is able to provide advice, draft documents, and appear in Courts and Tribunals (excluding QCAT) and at mediations and conferences as well as conduct mediations.
Carla Parsons, Director, Parsons Law
Carla Parsons is the founder and Legal Practitioner Director of Parsons Law Pty Ltd and is one of only 43 Accredited Specialists in Succession Law in Queensland. She has extensive experience in all areas of Estate Planning, deceased estate and trust administration and Estate Litigation. Carla has been recognised since 2017 in Doyles Guide as a Leading Lawyer in respect to her practice in Wills, Estate & Succession Planning and in Estate Litigation in Queensland. Carla has been recognised since 2020 in Best Lawyers and has further been named in Best Lawyers as the “2021 Lawyer of the Year” for her work in respect to Trusts and Estates, Brisbane and “2022 Lawyer of the Year” in respect to her Wealth Management / Succession Planning Practice, Brisbane. She is a regular speaker and presenter and a current member of Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (Queensland).
