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Victoria: 7th Annual
Wills, Succession & Estate Planning Conference

Mastering the complex legal & financial aspects of wills, succession & estates

4-6 March 2009, Stamford Plaza, Melbourne

Are you prepared to contend with the complex issues of modern Australian society, tax and superannuation and how it affects the nature of estate planning?

It is the dawn of a new era in estate planning, future-proof your estate planning practice by acquiring the most up to date skills, knowledge and strategies to preserve, protect and maximise your client’s wealth.

P.S. Your last chance to gain CPD points before 31 March 2009 deadline

Key Sessions

  • Keynote by the Hon Judge PG Misso
  • An international perspective on contentious trusts and succession from top-rated and award-winning lawyer, Dawn Goodman, Partner, Withers LLP (UK)
  • Master the intricacies of taxation for multi-jurisdictional and overseas assets and the latest changes to tax and superannuation rules in a new regime
  • Discover the impact of the latest statute developments in de facto and same sex laws
  • Analyse recent case law on testator's family maintenance, estate litigation and probate - a judge's and a barrister's perspective
  • Gain expert advice on testamentary trusts, family trusts, business succession, binding death nominations and Superannuation and more

Outstanding speaker faculty

Hear from over 17 leading experts:

  • International speaker: Dawn Goodman, Partner, Withers LLP (UK)
  • Keynote speaker: Hon Judge PG Misso
  • Anthony Southall QC, Victorian Bar
  • Paul Hockridge, Partner, Deloitte
  • Leonie Englefield, Barrister, Victorian Bar
  • Chris Beeny, Partner, Maddocks
  • Andrew O’Bryan, Partner, Hall & Wilcox
  • Jennifer Dixon, Principal, Moores Legal

Including expert authors:

  • David Haines QC
  • Carolyn Sparke, Barrister, Victorian Bar
  • Richard Phillips, Barrister, Victorian Bar
  • Allan Swan, Principal, Moores Legal

Purposefully designed education for

  • Wills & probate lawyers
  • Estate planning lawyers
  • Succession law practitioners
  • Barristers
  • Trustee companies
  • Financial Planners
  • Estate planning professionals
  • Taxation advisers working in the area of estate planning

LexisNexis Wills Publications:

Click here for a wide range of Will, Succession and Estate Planning publications from LexisNexis including:

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