Tuesday, 17 March 2026
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD unit in Substantive Law
This program is based on WA legislation
* This interactive online recording includes questions and quizzes requiring critical thinking about the topics, so you have no annual limits to the number of points/hours you can claim with this format of learning. Please verify with your CPD rules
Chair
Hannah Willis, Senior Associate, Hall & Wilcox
Gifts to Charities: Are they Low Hanging Fruit for Family Provision Act Claims?
- A review of recent authorities
- How important are the testator’s wishes?
- Strategy and approach when acting for a charity
Presented by Robert Nash, Barrister, Francis Burt Chambers; Leading Western Australian Wills & Estates Litigation Junior Counsel, Doyle’s Guide 2025
Presenters
Robert Nash, Barrister, Francis Burt ChambersRobert Nash has been admitted to legal practice since 1987. He has practiced as an independent barrister for over 20 years at Francis Burt Chambers, is an accredited mediator, and is a member of STEP. In recent years his practice at the Bar has been primarily providing advice and acting as counsel in the areas of succession, estate administration, trusts, real property, and military discipline law. He is the Chairperson of the Racing Penalties Appeal Tribunal of Western Australia and was formerly the Head of Panel of the WA Navy Legal Panel.
Hannah Willis, Senior Associate, Hall & Wilcox
Hannah has over 17 years of wide ranging experience working in the legal profession, practising in all aspects of succession law being estate planning, estate administration and estate litigation. Over the last couple of years, her focus has been on estate planning and estate administration involving global assets. Prior to joining Hall & Wilcox she worked with other specialist firms in Queensland, New South Wales and the United Kingdom and with professional trustee companies in Western Australia and the Cayman Islands. Hannah is full member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners and is currently serving on the CPD sub-committee of the Western Australia branch.
