Lauren has experience in challenges to wills and is well-versed in litigation including family provision proceedings and contested probate proceedings.

She has advised and represented numerous private clients on estate planning and charity beneficiaries on administration matters, a versatile lawyer who engages well with clients from all backgrounds.

As a former President of the Shoalhaven & District Regional Law Society, Lauren is passionate about regional communities, writing her Masters of Law thesis on succession planning in intergenerational farming.

Legal Expertise

• Estate planning documents; drafting complex wills that incorporate trusts and life estates, powers of attorney and enduring guardian documents, succession planning for intergenerational farming families.
• Business succession planning; company powers of attorney and alternative director arrangements, collaborating with accountants to consider taxation implications.
• Estate administration; obtaining grants of probate and letters of administration including informal wills, intestacy and grants of reseal, assisting executors with administration and distribution of an estate including property matters.
• Estate litigation; family provisions claims and contested probate proceedings.