STEP Queensland

We welcome all professional advisers, educators and students with a trusts and estates focus in their practice, whether for private or corporate clients.

STEP Queensland branch focuses on education, training, representation and networking for our members in the areas of trusts and estates.

The patron of our branch is pre-eminent trusts and estates scholar, Mr Tony Lee. Tony is one of only nine honorary members of STEP Worldwide.

We have more than 230 members, many of whom are practising lawyers, but we have a growing membership base of accountants, trust company practitioners and financial planners.

Our program of events includes:

Monthly lunchtime seminars
Evening ‘roundtables’, where issues are dissected and debated in an informal setting
Our annual Trusts and Estates Conference – for further details, see here
Half day ‘intensives’, focusing on trusts, enduring powers of attorney and other practice issues

Most of our events are accessible to regional practitioners, by teleconference or webinar.

Committee Members

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Bryan Mitchell TEPBranch Chair

Mitchells Solicitors

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Carla Parsons TEPDeputy Chair

Parsons Law

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Melanie Costin TEPTreasurer

T & E Accounting Pty Ltd

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Chris Herrald TEPSecretary

Mullins Lawyers

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Kelly Gatehouse TEPCommittee Member

McInnes Wilson Lawyers

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Don Fraser QC TEPCommittee Member

Queensland Bar, Level 7 Inns of Court

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Rob Cumming TEPCommittee Member

Queensland Bar, 19 Inns Chambers

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Juanita MaidenCommittee Member

MacDonnells Law

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Prue Poole TEPCommittee Member

McInnes Wilson Lawyers

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Ashleigh Poole TEPCommittee Member

Thynne + Macartney

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Halie Beaumont TEPCommittee Member

McCullough Robertson Lawyers

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Hayley MitchellCommittee Member

Cooper Grace Ward

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Jennifer Sheean TEPCommittee Member

Queensland Bar, Ratcliffe Pring Chambers

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Jeffrey Otto TEPCommittee Member

Queensland Bar, Chancery Barristers + Mediators

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Darlene Skennar QC TEPCommittee Member

Queensland Bar, Chancery Barristers + Mediators

STEP Queensland Events

Date	Event	Venue
Tuesday 30 April 2019 12:30 pm to 2 pm	Lunchtime Seminar “Equity/Trusts – Equitable remedies” Presenter: Andrew Fraser – Queensland Bar Ticket Purchase	Bar Common Room, Inns of Court, 107 North Quay, Brisbane - lunch 12:30pm - 1:00pm, Then Gibbs Room, Inns of Court for the seminar 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Wednesday 8 May 2019 5:15 pm to 7:30 pm	STEP Queensland #STEPNEXTGEN Series Topic 1: Preparing a good estate account. Presenter: Ashleigh Poole TEP – Thynne Macartney Topic 2: Practical tips when dealing with appropriation of assets. Presenter: Kelly Gatehouse TEP – McInnes Wilson Lawyers Ticket Purchase	College of Law rooftop, 140 Ann Street, Brisbane
Tuesday 4 June 2019 12:30 pm to 2 pm	Lunchtime Seminar “Guardianship/Administration/EPA Focus – Elder Abuse” Presenter: Natalie Siegel-Brown – Public Guardian Ticket Purchase	Queensland Law Society, 2nd floor, 179 Ann Street, Brisbane
Wednesday 26 June 2019 5:15 pm to 7:30 pm	STEP Queensland #STEPNEXTGEN Series “How to prepare estate cases for hearing or trial; practice, procedure and evidence; working with counsel; mediation; the day of the hearing or trial.” Presenter: Jeff Otto – Chancery Barristers + Mediators Ticket Purchase	College of Law rooftop, 140 Ann Street, Brisbane
Tuesday 6 August 2019 12:30 pm to 2 pm	Lunchtime Seminar “Core Area for Solicitors and Barristers – Advocacy – A view from the bench – Practical advocacy tips for succession lawyers” Presenter: The Hon. Justice Ann Lyons SJA, TEP – Supreme Court of Queensland Ticket Purchase	Queensland Law Society, 2nd floor, 179 Ann Street, Brisbane
Friday 13 September 2019 9 am to 5 pm	STEP QLD Trusts and Estates Conference 2019 Date: 12 & 13 September 2019 Presenters: Rebecca Treston QC, TEP, President of the Bar Association of Queensland Justice Sue Brown Professor Reid Mortensen, Head of School (Law and Justice), University of Southern Queensland Peter Godber, TEP, Vice President of The Tax Institute, Grant Thornton Robert Whiteford, Queensland Bar Professor Patrick Parkinson AM, Head of School, TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland Margaret McNamara, Thynne + Macartney Michele Sheehan, TEP, enTrust Law Tim Whitney, TEP, McCullough Robertson Lawyers Justice David Boddice Ticket Purchase Programme	Peppers Salt Resort and Spa, Kingscliff
Tuesday 15 October 2019 12:30 pm to 2 pm	Lunchtime Seminar “Estate Administration – Practical tips in dealing with international estates” Presenter: Angela Cornford-Scott, TEP – Cornford-Scott Lawyers Ticket Purchase	Queensland Law Society, 2nd floor, 179 Ann Street, Brisbane

Contact Us

Correspondence address:

STEP Queensland Secretary
GPO Box 2275
Brisbane
QLD 4001