Wednesday, 12 March 2025
Description
Attend and earn .5 CPD hour in Substantive Law
This program is based on QLD legislation
Informal Wills: Not Just Written on a Beer Coaster
- The rules and the key to informal Wills: the embodiment of testamentary intention
- Common scenarios (those that make it into the newspaper) and comparing judicial opinions on when a document is an informal Will
- Not-so-common scenarios (when a solicitor-made Will may be considered an informal Will)
- Consequences if a document is not considered to be an informal Will
- Practical tips for applying for probate of an informal Will
Presented by Melinda Ranson, Special Counsel, Cooper Grace Ward; Rising Star in Wills, Estates and Succession – Queensland, Doyles Guide 2024
Chair
Darlene Skennar KC, Barrister, Inns of Court
Presenters
Darlene Skennar KC, Inns of CourtDarlene Skennar KC took silk in 2017. She has a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) (QIT) and a Master of Laws (QUT). Darlene was the associate to Justice Moynihan of the Supreme Court. Darlene was a part-time tutor at the Queensland University of Technology for a number of years. Darlene has been in full time practice as a barrister since 1989. Darlene has a wide estate litigation experience. Darlene is a former member of the Pharmacists Board of Queensland and the Surveyors Board of Queensland.
Melinda Ranson, Special Counsel, Cooper Grace Ward
Melinda is a special counsel in the private client team at Cooper Grace Ward. A succession, trusts and dispute resolution expert, she specialises on when an estate plan ‘goes wrong’. Melinda was recognised by the Doyles Guide as a Rising Star in Wills, Estates and Succession 2024, 2021 and 2017, and she was a finalist for Lawyers Weekly’s “30 Under 30” Award in 2019 and 2017.
