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.
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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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Don Fraser QC TEPCommittee Member
Queensland Bar
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Rob Cumming TEPCommittee Member
McInnes Wilson Lawyers
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Kelly Gatehouse TEPCommittee Member
Slater and Gordon 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 Beaumont TEPCommittee 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 Otto TEPCommittee Member
Chancery Barristers + Mediators
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Darlene Skennar TEPCommittee Member
Barrister-at-Law
STEP Queensland Events
| Date | Event | Venue |
| Wednesday 20 February 2019 | STEP Queensland #STEPNEXTGEN Series
Topic 1: Testamentary trusts: What are they, why do we have them, what can go wrong. Topic 2: Drafting powers of attorney: More than just ticking and flicking |
College of Law rooftop, 140 Ann Street, Brisbane |
| Thursday 7 March 2019 | Lunchtime Seminar
“Estate Litigation – Practical tips in dealing with Part 10 Chap 15 UCPR – Estate accounts and commission” Presenter: Christine Smyth, TEP – Robbins Watson Lawyers |
Queensland Law Society, 2nd floor, 179 Ann Street, Brisbane |
| Tuesday 26 March 2019 | STEP Queensland 2019 Half Day Intensive
“Dealing with superannuation claims” Presenters:
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Queensland Law Society, 2nd floor, 179 Ann Street, Brisbane |
| Wednesday 24 April 2019 | STEP Queensland #STEPNEXTGEN Series
“Estate Administration” Presenter: To be announced |
Brisbane Venue to be advised |
| Tuesday 30 April 2019 | Lunchtime Seminar
“Equity/Trusts – Equitable remedies” Presenter: Andrew Fraser – Queensland Bar |
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 | STEP Queensland #STEPNEXTGEN Series
Topic 1: Preparing a good estate account. Topic 2: Practical tips when dealing with appropriation of assets. |
College of Law rooftop, 140 Ann Street, Brisbane |
| Tuesday 4 June 2019 | Lunchtime Seminar
“Guardianship/Administration/EPA Focus – Elder Abuse” Presenter: Natalie Siegel-Brown – Public Guardian |
Queensland Law Society, 2nd floor, 179 Ann Street, Brisbane |
| Wednesday 26 June 2019 | 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 |
College of Law rooftop, 140 Ann Street, Brisbane |
| Tuesday 6 August 2019 | 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 |
Queensland Law Society, 2nd floor, 179 Ann Street, Brisbane |
| Friday 13 September 2019 | STEP QLD Trusts and Estates Conference
Save the Date More information to follow. |
Peppers Salt Resort and Spa, Kingscliff |
| Tuesday 15 October 2019 | Lunchtime Seminar
“Estate Administration – Practical tips in dealing with international estates” Presenter: Angela Cornford-Scott, TEP – Cornford-Scott Lawyers |
Queensland Law Society, 2nd floor, 179 Ann Street, Brisbane |
Contact Us
Contact us by email at: qldbranch@step.org
Correspondence address:
STEP Queensland Secretary
GPO Box 2275
Brisbane
QLD 4001