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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Don Fraser QC TEPDeputy Chair

Queensland Bar

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Carla Parsons TEPSecretary

Parsons Law

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Ben Gordon TEPTreasurer

Vincents Chartered Accountants

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Rob Cumming TEPCommittee Member

McInnes Wilson Lawyers

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Kelly GatehouseCommittee Member

Slater and Gordon Lawyers

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Chris Herrald TEPCommittee Member

Mullins Lawyers

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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 BeaumontCommittee Member

McCullough Robertson Lawyers

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Hayley MitchellCommittee Member

Copper Grace Ward

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Jennifer Sheean TEPCommittee Member

Ratcliffe Pring Chambers

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Jeffrey OttoCommittee Member

Chancery Barristers + Mediators

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Darlene Skennar TEPCommittee Member

Barrister-at-Law

STEP Queensland Events

Date	Event	Venue
Tuesday 21 August 2018 5:15 pm to 6:15 pm	Members Roundtable “Attorney problems and QCAT Applications – How to win (or maybe just survive)” Facilitators: Glenn Dickson TEP, Barrister-at-law and Chris Herrald TEP, Senior Associate, Mullins Lawyers Ticket Purchase	Mullins Lawyers, Level 21, Riverside Centre, 123 Eagle St, Brisbane
Friday 7 September 2018 9 am to 5 pm	STEP Queensland Branch Trusts and Estates Conference Program Justice Roslyn Atkinson, “Opening Address” Rebecca Treston QC, TEP, “To intermeddle or not to intermeddle – That is the question” Peter Bobbin, TEP, “Tax treatment of superannuation death benefits” Justice Martin Daubney, “Ethics and succession – The view from the bench” Jeff Otto, TEP, “Enduring powers of attorney – Managing conflicts of interest” Angela Rae, “Estate Litigation – What’s hot right now” Michael Liddy, “Contesting superannuation death benefit nominations and trustee decisions” Michael Klatt, TEP, “Estate Administration – What’s hot right now” Angela Cornford-Scott, TEP, “Estate Planning – What’s hot right now” Renee Bennett, TEP, “The Small Estate – Strategies for settling disputes” Neil Wickenden, TEP, “Closing Address” Ticket Purchase Program	Peppers SALT Resort, Kingscliff
Tuesday 9 October 2018 12:30 pm to 2 pm	Lunchtime Seminar ‘Fiduciary Obligations – a Practical Perspective’ The Hon. Justice David J Jackson Ticket Purchase	Queensland Law Society, 179 Ann St, Brisbane
Thursday 18 October 2018 5:15 pm to 6:15 pm	Members Roundtable Topic and Facilitators to be advised	Brisbane Venue to be advised

Contact Us

Correspondence address:

STEP Queensland Secretary
GPO Box 2275
Brisbane
QLD 4001