Thursday, 12 March 2026
Chair
Paul Evans, Special Counsel, Bridges Lawyers; Accredited Specialist in Wills and Estates Law; Preeminent Wills, Estates & Succession Planning Lawyer and Recommended Wills & Estates Litigation Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2025
Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Ethics and Privilege in Contested Litigation: Knowing Where to Draw the Line
- Managing confidentiality and understanding when privilege may be lost or waived
- When are file notes privileged in contested proceedings?
- Recognising when a solicitor should decline or withdraw from acting in contentious matters
- Preparing the solicitors' affidavit in contentious proceedings, should you do it yourself?
Presented by Justin Brown, Barrister, 13 Wentworth Chambers; Leading Wills & Estates Litigation Junior Counsel, Doyle’s Guide 2025
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD unit in Ethics & Professional Responsibility
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Presenters
Justin Brown, Barrister, 13 Wentworth Chambers
Justin has been listed since 2017 in the Doyle’s Guide as Recommended Junior Counsel in the area of Leading Wills & Estates Litigation Junior Counsel. He is recognised for the depth and breadth of his advocacy skills, understanding of complex legal issues and strategic thinking. Justin is also a lecturer in succession law at the University of Sydney and has been a guest lecturer in the courses offered by the College of Law in the Master of Applied Law (Wills and Estates). He regularly appears for executors, trustees and beneficiaries of deceased estates at both trial and appellate level, primarily in the Supreme Court of New South Wales, as well as in the High Court in Nobarani v Mariconte [2018] HCA 36. Justin possesses considerable advocacy experience and provides sound legal advice in both contentious and non-contentious matters. He has completed LEADR’s Mediator’s Course and regularly appears as counsel for clients at mediations. Justin holds a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Western Sydney and a Masters of Applied Laws specialising in wills and estate. Prior to being called to the Bar in 2013, Justin practised as a solicitor and was instructed in several leading cases in wills and estate litigation.
Paul Evans, Special Counsel, Bridges Lawyers
Paul has over 30 years’ experience in Estate Litigation, Estate Administration and Complex Estate Planning with Testamentary Trusts (Discretionary, Life Estates and Special Disability). He also advises charities on issues arising with ‘Gifts in Wills’. He worked in London for 10 years assisting high net worth clients with their estate planning to mitigate Inheritance tax. He is regularly appointed by the NSW Supreme Court as an independent administrator of estates in dispute. Paul has been an Accredited Specialist in Wills and Estates Law since 2004. He is a full member of STEP. He is also listed as pre-eminent in the Doyles Guide NSW List for Wills & Estates Succession Planning Lawyers.
