19 Inns Chambers, Level 19, Inns of Court,
107 North Quay, Brisbane QLD 4000
07 3012 7511 / 0410 474 277
Rob has been practising as a barrister at the Queensland Bar since May 2017, having been a solicitor for the previous 35 years.
Rob specialises in a range of estate, trust and disability law issues. He is well versed in dealing with estate litigation, particularly family provision applications, construction, rectification and cy-près applications and solemn form proceedings. Similarly, he is very experienced in guardianship and administration matters and the special requirements for persons with a legal disability.
As a solicitor, Rob successfully achieved Queensland Law Society Specialist Accreditation in Succession Law in 2005 and again in 2013 (being required to requalify after working as a Staff Officer with the Australian Army which included operational deployments to Egypt and Afghanistan).
Rob has served as a member of various professional committees (including the Queensland Law Society Succession Law Specialist Accreditation Advisory Committee, the Queensland Law Society Succession Law and Elder Law Committees as well as on the Succession and Elder Law Committee of the Bar Association of Queensland). He was on the committee of the Queensland Branch of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP). He is now a Director and the Secretary of the Board of STEP Australia.
Rob has been named as a recommended counsel in Doyle’s Guide of Leading Wills & Estates Litigation Junior Counsel – Queensland from 2018 to 2025 (inclusive).
At the Bar, Rob principally takes briefs in relation to all aspects of estate litigation and succession law advice, all aspects of guardianship and administration matters in QCAT and the courts, all aspects of applications requiring the Supreme Court to exercise its parens patriae jurisdiction, and general trust advice and litigation. Additionally, he will also act in commissions of inquiry and administrative law matters.
Rob was a part time member of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.
He is available as a mediator in relation to estate, trust and disability law disputes.
Primary Areas of Practice:
Succession
Equity
Guardianship and administration
Administrative
Inquests/inquiries