COURSE CATEGORY
Substantive law
Evolving issues in family provision claims
Western Australia Customers
Please note this course has not been updated in the last twelve months and does not satisfy the requirements for CPD in WA.
Published on 19 November 2021.
This module explores the following Succession Act (NSW) 2006 and recent case law:
- Eligibility
- Who is a spouse?
- Who is a child?
- Other eligibility categories
- Costs orders in Family Provision Claims
- Managing settlements and releases of rights
Completion of this course will earn you 1 CPD unit.
This course is produced in NSW and features a NSW-based practitioner. This course is available to all NSW based practitioners.
TARGET AUDIENCE
Solicitors in general practice, wills & estates solicitors
CPD POINTS
1
TYPE
Text-based interactive module
Margaret Pringle
Barrister, Chalfont Chambers
Margaret specialises in equity litigation, appearing regularly in the General Equity, Probate, Family Provision and Protective Lists of the Supreme Court, and NCAT (Guardianship Division).
Margaret is a regular speaker at the College of Law, UNSW and LegalWise seminars.
Prior to coming to the bar, Margaret qualified and worked as a registered nurse in a variety of roles before commencing the Diploma in Law administered by the Legal Practitioners Admission Board Diploma in Law. Margaret was then employed at the NSW Trustee & Guardian (formerly Public Trustee) where she specialised in equity litigation involving deceased estates, with a focus on matters involving testamentary capacity and claims for family provision, as well as probate and trust matters.
Margaret was recently recognised in Doyles Guide 2020 and 2021 NSW, as a Leading Junior Counsel in Wills and Estates.
