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including contemporaneous medical evidence if there is doubt, absence of undue influence, ensuring all formalities are observed, preparing and keeping a comprehensive file note and retaining a file copy in safe keeping. It should go without saying that, as for a Will, the solicitor should take instructions direct from the member and not from a third party, let alone someone who may benefit from the nomination.

1 Some authorities insist that an acronym must be able to be pronounced as a word, such as scuba or NATO, and those that can’t, should be called initialisms.

Such pedantry will be ignored in this article. 2 Noting also that the Income Tax Assessment Acts are also applicable. In Re Narumon Pty Ltd [2018]

QSC 185, at [44] Bowskill J stated “both s 59(1A) and reg 16.17A(1) are unnecessarily and unhelpfully ambiguous”. 3 There are many examples including Wooster v Morris [2013] VSC 594, but in a local context reference may be made to Ioppolo v Conti [2015] WASCA 45. 4 In Munro v Munro [2015] QSC 61 it was held a nomination in favour of “the Trustee of my estate” was not valid because the deed required the nomination to be in favour of the member’s legal personal representative. 5 A prominent practitioner in the field prefers “batshit crazy”. 6 Although witnessing may not be required for the nomination to be binding, the perils of an unwitnessed signature are graphically portrayed in

Celtic Capital Pty Ltd v Ceccon [2022] WASC 205.

Grahame Young is a member of STEP, the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, a multi-disciplinary group with branches worldwide, including in Western Australia. For further information concerning STEP visit https://stepaustralia.com

New Members New members joining the Law Society (June 2022 & July 2022)

Associate Membership

Ms Sarah Ceric AGH Law Miss Jade Campbell Ashurst Australia Miss Tahlia Briggs Butlers Lawyers & Notaries Mr Thomas Hudson Charles Sturt University Ms Isabella Fiolo Clayton Utz Mr Hasan Gilani Clayton Utz Miss Sally Gilfallan Clayton Utz Mr Matthew Ledger Clayton Utz Mr Daniel Martinez Clayton Utz Ms Emma Young Clayton Utz Mr Will Goyder Corrs Chambers Westgarth Ms Carla Hawgood Corrs Chambers Westgarth Ms Brenna Varcoe Corrs Chambers Westgarth Ms Sophia Spadanuda Curtin University Mrs Valentina Mihailova Edith Cowan University Mr Timothy Wrathall Jackson McDonald Miss Rachel Moody Kerr Fels Divorce & Family Lawyers Ms Madeleine Shehade Loukas Law Ms Thilini Kotuwegoda MDC Legal Mr Stefan Chung Murdoch University Mr Steven Thiele Murdoch University Ms Sandra Fedele Southern Cross University Ms Isabella Darch State Solicitor’s Office Mrs Souzi Clifford The University of Notre Dame Australia Miss Natalie Krsticevic The University of Western Australia Ms Shelby Robinson The University of Western Australia Ms Ruby Wang The University of Western Australia Miss Jess Watson The University of Western Australia Mr Dylan Williams The University of Western Australia Miss Cong Zhao The University of Western Australia Ms Rochelle Conway University of Notre Dame Australia Mr David Furness University of Notre Dame Australia Mr Tom Oliver University of Notre Dame Australia Mr Saad Omari University of Notre Dame Australia Ms Lucas Spicer University of Notre Dame Australia Mr Zachary Bailey Ms Andrea Tokaji

Ordinary Membership

Ms Jacqueline Leggett Clayton Utz Ms Sheila Begg State Solicitor’s Office

Part Time Membership

Ms Judith Taseff State Solicitor’s Office Ms Susan Parker K&L Gates Miss Emma Owen State Solicitor’s Office Ms Ilse Van Wijngaarden State Solicitor’s Office Mrs Jaqueline Brockman

Restricted Practitioner

Mr Milo Bronleigh Fogliani Lawyers Mr Edwin Botha Herbert Smith Freehills Mr Jack Bromley Herbert Smith Freehills Ms Rachel Chan Herbert Smith Freehills Ms Samantha Cooke Herbert Smith Freehills Ms Jessica Knox Herbert Smith Freehills Ms Jessica Rapana Herbert Smith Freehills Mr Braydon Ryan Herbert Smith Freehills Mr Julian Sanders Herbert Smith Freehills Ms Sage Adams Paul Catalano Legal Ms Yi Liang Philipoff Legal Ms Ellen Hungerford Stephen Browne Lawyers Ms Elizabeth Kamara Austwide Legal Pty Ltd Ms Kimberley Shepherd Herbert Smith Freehills Mr Prevot Van der Merwe MinterEllison Mr Edward Chan Wrays Lawyers Pty Ltd