Justin’s practice generally consists of disputes involving wills, trusts, deceased estates and real property.
He is accredited as a specialist in Wills and Estates with the Law Institute of Victoria and is currently completing a Master of Laws at the University of Melbourne.
In 2017 and 2018 Justin was recognised in Doyles Guide as one of Victoria’s leading Wills and Estates Litigation Barristers.
Justin read with Rick Wells and his senior mentor is Jeffery Gleeson QC.
A selection of matters in which Justin has recently appeared include:
Linke & Ors v Linke & Ors [2018] VSC 505 (complex equitable claim over family farm)
Re Munro [2018] VSC 747 (objection to grant of probate alleging executors’ conflict)
Re Wood [2018] VSC 597 (approval of infant compromise)
Dreamfields Pty Ltd v Zacutti [2018] VCC 2073 (contract and equity case)
Singer v Spiewak & Anor [2018] VSC 521 (breach of fiduciary duty by an attorney)
Re Parr; State Trustees Limited v Nicholson [2018] VSC 359 (testamentary capacity case)
IMO the Estate of John Panagopoulos [2018] VSC 134 (grant of probate in solemn form)
Re Anderson [2017] VSC 338 (revocation of grant of probate)
Re Watson [2017] VSC 322 (revocation of grant of probate)
Kempson v Davison [2016] VSC 366 (extension of orders sought by administrator)
Cherukuri v Danthuluri (Civil Claims) [2016] VCAT 1444 (definition of ‘services’ under the ACL)
Farrugia v State Trustee Limited [2016] VCC (family provision trial – reasons restricted)
Re Sanders [2016] VSC 694 (application to admit informal will to probate)
Wales v Wales [2015] VSCA 345 (family trust dispute) led by R C Wells
Prior to coming to the bar Justin was a senior associate at a national law firm.
