Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD hour in Substantive Law
This program is based on WA legislation
Chair
Rein Squires, Barrister, Francis Burt Chambers
Death and De Factos: Navigating the Legal Landscape in WA
- Understanding the de facto relationship: legal definition of a de facto relationship under WA State legislation and its implications for wills, intestacy, and family provision claims
- Navigating superannuation benefits: distinction between de facto relationships under WA State legislation and the SIS Act for superannuation purposes
- Key case law analysis in WA Supreme Court (Keremestevski v McLeod, Curwood v Codde) and Federal Court (Nguyen v Australian Financial Complaints Authority)
- Implications for wills, intestacy, and family provision claims
Presented by Michelle Bennett, Barrister, Francis Burt Chambers
Presenters
Rein Squires, Barrister, Francis Burt Chambers
Rein is a commercial barrister with experience in the areas of contract law, property rights, guardianship and administration matters and the administration of trusts and deceased estates. Rein has been listed as a leading and recommended barrister in Western Australia in Doyle’s Guide for Wills & Estates Litigation (2024 and 2023, respectively). He is a committee member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners of Western Australia (STEP WA) and chairs its policy sub-committee. Rein is also a member of the national policy committee of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners Australia Limited (STEP Australia).
Michelle Bennett, Barrister, Francis Burt Chambers
Michelle practices broadly in commercial and administrative law. She has a particular interest in equity, trusts and deceased estates. Michelle combines her extensive dispute resolution experience, legal skills and strategic instinct to provide pragmatic advice and assist clients to achieve their best outcomes. Michelle joined Francis Burt Chambers in 2024, having joined the Victorian Bar in 2019. Michelle practises in both Perth and Melbourne and regularly appears as counsel for, and advises, a range of public and private clients on matters including family provision claims, contentious estate proceedings and trusts, contract, property and consumer law disputes.
