Thursday, 19 June 2025
Claims for Alleged Trustee Misconduct
- Trustee Breach or Misconduct: Who can claim, the applicable test, and how the Family Court and Supreme Court handle these cases
- Issues of injunctions/ seeking leave to amend the terms of the Trust and other issues
Presented by Ian Coleman SC, Culwulla Chambers
Chair
Sheridan Emerson, Partner, Pearson Emerson
Description
Attend and earn 0.5 CPD unit in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Presenters
Sheridan Emerson, Partner, Pearson EmersonSheridan Emerson is a Partner at Pearson Emerson Family Lawyers and is an Accredited Family Law Specialist. Sheridan was recognised as a Preeminent Family & Divorce Lawyer and Preeminent Family Lawyer (High- Value & Complex Property Matters) in Doyle's Guide 2025. Sheridan is also a Fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers (IAFL). Sheridan practices exclusively in family law.
Ian Coleman SC, Culwulla Chambers
Acting Judge of the District Court of New South Wales. Judge Ian Coleman was admitted to practise as Solicitor Supreme Court of NSW 6 March 1974. Having gone to the NSW Bar in 1975 he practised as a barrister until 1991 when he was appointed to the trial division of the Family Court of Australia. In 1991 he was appointed to the Appeal Division Family Court of Australia and sat as a Western Plains Judge of the Family Court of Australia between 2009 and 2013 when he returned to practice at Culwulla Chambers. Ian practised at the Sydney Bar in the areas of agriculture, environment, mining, equity, commercial and complex family law property settlement and appeals. He is an arbitrator appointed pursuant to the Family Law Act, a nationally accredited mediator, an accredited mediator under the Farm Debt Mediation Act and on the panel of mediators for the Supreme and District Courts. Other positions he has held are Judge Advocate - Australian Defence Force 1992- 1997 and Commissioner, Australian Law Reform Commission January 1993- December 2003 and Adjunct Professor in the School of Law University of Western Sydney.
