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Recorded Webinar: Preparing Wills with Precision: The Drafting Toolkit for Succession Lawyers (Professional Skills)
Will drafting has become an increasingly difficult task – family dynamics, complicated asset structures and tax considerations all play a part in raising the complexities. It’s vital practitioners minimise the risks of future disputes by removing ambiguity and draftin
PRESENTED BY
Richard Williams
Barrister
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About the Webinar
Will drafting has become an increasingly difficult task – family dynamics, complicated asset structures and tax considerations all play a part in raising the complexities. It’s vital practitioners minimise the risks of future disputes by removing ambiguity and drafting with precision. This session looks at the tips and traps to drafting wills and the key things to consider, including:
- Drafting the appointment and succession of executors
- Defining the beneficiaries correctly
- Drafting with the statutory rules of interpretation in mind
- Drafting conditional gifts
- Specific gifts and residuary gifts
- Drafting gifts to charity
- Drafting difficult dispositions – life interests, and rights of residence
- Lessons from In the Will of Thomas Henry Finch (dec'd) [2018] QSC 16 (13 February 2018)
Presented By
Richard Williams
BarristerWho Should Attend?
This webinar is suitable for succession lawyers - Australia wide and it has been designed to deliver the Professional Skills compulsory subject unit for th
CPD Information
unit for the CPD year ending 31st March 2019.
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