Joseph’s areas of experience include:

Estate Planning

Joseph prepares simple and complex estate plans, working closely with clients and their accounting and financial advisers to prepare bespoke documents to suit their circumstances.  This includes preparing simple and complex Wills, including testamentary trusts, and Power of Attorney and Appointment of Medical Treatment Decision Maker documents.

Joseph also assists clients in regards to superannuation.

Estate Administration

Joseph regularly advises clients on the administration of small and larger complex estates, including preparing applications for grants of probate and letters of administration.

He provides advice to executors in their role administering estates and to beneficiary clients about their rights.

Joseph is experienced in tax, superannuation and trusts.

Estate Litigation

Providing advice and conducting litigation on clients’ behalf is a regular part of Joseph’s practice.  This encompasses issues around the construction of Wills, challenging the validity of Wills, holding executors to account, removing executors and testator family maintenance/family provision claims.

Commercial Litigation and Dispute Resolution

Joseph also conducts general commercial litigation and works with clients to resolve disputes.