Wednesday, 11 March 2026
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD unit in Ethics & Professional Responsibility
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
* 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
Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Lawyers Acting as Executors and Attorneys: Conflict or Breach of Duty?
- The nature of executors’ and attorneys’ obligations where a lawyer is appointed in those roles
- Whether and when an executor or attorney may resign
- Managing conflicts of interest in dual or overlapping roles
- Understanding executorial and attorney duties; Can a lawyer charge for these services?
- What constitutes a breach of duty
- Recent case law on the conduct of executors and attorneys
- Practical guidance and risk management tips for lawyers acting as executors or attorneys
Presented by Chris Herrald TEP, ILP Director, Extension Legal; Leading Wills, Estates & Succession Planning Lawyer and Recommended Wills & Estates Litigation Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2025
Chair
Scott Whitla, Partner, McCullough Robertson Lawyers; Accredited Specialist in Succession Law; Preeminent Wills & Estates Litigation Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2025
Presenters
Chris Herrald TEP, Director, Extension LegalChris Herrald provides clients with practical advice based on knowledge gained from her years practising as a Wills & Estates lawyer. She advises her clients in relation to a broad range of estate matters, including estate planning (including wills and testamentary trusts), estate administration (including advising executors, administrators and beneficiaries), contentious and non-contentious estate litigation (including family provision applications, solemn form proceedings, interpretation or rectification of wills), guardianship and administration matters (including enduring powers of attorney, proceedings in the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal and advice to attorneys, guardians and administrators in relation to the exercise of their powers). She is an active member of the legal community and currently serve on three committees – as Deputy Chair of the Queensland Law Society (QLS) Succession Law Committee, as a member of the QLS Elder Law Committee and as the Secretary for STEP Qld Committee.
Scott Whitla, Partner, McCullough Robertson Lawyers
Scott Whitla is a partner with McCullough Robertson Lawyers, heading up its Equity and Private Client group. Prior to practicing as a solicitor, Scott previously worked in the financial services industry with financial planners and business bankers. He is a QLS accredited specialist in Succession Law and his practice areas include interpretation and contesting of wills, equitable claims and family provision applications, tax effective succession planning, estate administration and applications to QCAT.
