Experience

Rob leads the estate planning and administration practice group and is also a principal in the property practice group.

Rob has more than 10 years of experience providing estate planning and administration services for his clients.  He has an in-depth knowledge of these areas of practice combined with an understanding of the sensitive nature of his clients' personal  affairs. He has extensive expertise in preparing both simple and complex Wills, providing advice to members in relation to their binding and non-binding nominations for self-managed superannuation funds, preparing enduring powers of attorney and preparing and advising on the terms of trusts. His extensive knowledge of the procedures of the Supreme Court Probate Registry is invaluable when obtaining grants of Probate and Letters of Administration in complex circumstances. 

As an experienced property law practitioner, Rob has also advised property developers, mortgage fund managers, banks and individuals in many circumstances, including project financing, preparing applications for new certificates of title, commercial leases and mortgage securities. 

Career highlights 

• Complex estate planning case involving a client whose portfolio was valued at more than $30 million.
• Estate planning for former UK-domiciled client, with international assets worth close to $10 million, involving complicated UK Inheritance Tax and trust issues.
• Successfully appealed the decision to reject an application for grant of probate for a Will in the Supreme Court, where the testator had prepared his handwritten Will at home with ad hoc amendments.
• Successfully applied for and obtained a Grant Of Letters Of Administration of a Will for a charitable body.  
• Acted for one of Australia's leading investment banks in financing the development of Eastport, (Stages 2-6) at Port Bouvard.  

Admitted to practice: 1998. 

Qualifications: Bachelor of Laws, Bachelor of Arts (History). 

Memberships: Law Society of Western Australia, Property Council of Western Australia, Taxation Institute of Australia, Family Business Australia.

Presentations/publications: Rob has delivered seminars for the Law Society, Lexis Nexis and Tonkin Corporation on topics such as Contract Law and Wills. He has also had an article published in Brief Magazine on the making of Enduring Powers of Attorney.