Angela Cornford-Scott is the director of Cornford-Scott Lawyers Pty Ltd and an accredited specialist in succession law.
She has worked in the area of succession law for over 20 years and has a particular interest in estate planning, trust matters and estate administration issues.
Angela is the current Chair of the QLS Succession Law Committee. Angela is a member of STEP and a previous Chair of the Queensland Branch. She has lectured for QUT, the College of Law and is a regular presenter of seminars. She also co-authors the Lexis Nexis practical guidance publications in Succession law and Elder law for Queensland.
Angela is regularly named in the Doyles Guide as a pre eminent lawyer in the areas of both Wills and Estates and Estate Litigation in Queensland and was the only Queensland lawyer named as pre eminent in both categories in the 2018, 2019 and 2020 Doyles Guide Australia.
Angela was also named the Lawyer of the Year for 2020 and 2022 in Succession Planning by Best Lawyers.
A Matter of Trust: Protecting Special Needs Family Members in the Estate Plan
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About the Podcast
Advising clients with wills and estate planning can be challenging. One of the more challenging aspects is advising clients who have children, or other family members, with special needs and who require financial security and assistance with their needs after the testator’s death. Such cases require consideration of a multitude of issues including the most appropriate structure for the inheritance, taxation implications of such structures, the effect on any benefits a vulnerable beneficiary may receive and practical issues about guardianship and administration for that person once their parents are no longer able to fulfil those roles. In this program, accredited succession law specialist and Director of Cornford-Scott in Brisbane. Angela Cornford-Scott works through those matters and provides practical guidance to assist estate planning lawyers advise clients through this challenging area.
30 minutes / 0.5 CPD units
Presented By
Angela Cornford-Scott
Director, Cornford-Scott Lawyers Brisbane, QLDCPD Information
0.50 CPD Hours