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Justin Rizzi

  • Bar : 2015
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  • Admitted : 2006

Justin’s practice generally consists of disputes involving wills, trusts, equity, probate and real property.

Phone : +61 3 9225 7026

Mobile : 0401 011 205

Email : rizzi@vicbar.com.au

Chambers : Owen Dixon Chambers West, Room 1113, 525 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne VIC 3000

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Expertise

Commercial

Contractual Disputes

Superannuation

Equity

Family Provision

Real Property

Wills and Probate

Profile

Justin’s practice consists of disputes involving wills, trusts, equity, probate and real property. 


Justin is consistently recognised in Doyles Guide as one of Victoria’s leading Wills and Estates Litigation Barristers.  


He is accredited with the Law Institute of Victoria as a specialist in Wills and Estates and is currently completing a Master of Laws at the University of Melbourne.  


Prior to coming to the bar Justin practised at a national law firm.

Selected Cases

Supreme Court

Re Wood (No 2) [2023] VSC 163 (compromise approval for minor in contested probate proceedings)

Haberfield & Ors v Larsson [2023] VSC 161 (testamentary capacity and knowledge and approval)

Re Kordos [2023] VSC 14 (limited grant as administrator ad litem)

Re Gdanski; McLaren v Gdanski [2022] VSC 565 (eligibility as ‘domestic partner’ at the time of death)

Re Roth [2022] VSC 511 (complex trust dispute) led by M W Wise KC

Ulman v Mom [2022] VSC 186 (probate of copy will; presumption of revocation)

Re Cassar [2022] VSC 126 (forged Will produced after testator’s death)

Re Ciantar [2022] VSC 116 (limited grant as administrator ad litem)

James v Rost; Lanagan v Rost [2022] VSC 98 (family provision for adult stepchildren)

Kempson v Haydon & Anor [2022] VSC 30 (judicial advice on the construction of a Will)

McDonnell v McDonnell [2021] VSC 536 (discharge of recalcitrant executor and costs)

Iacono v Iacono & Anor [2021] VSC 444 (family provision for an adult daughter after estrangement)

Re Besanko [2020] VSC 170 (defending probate of video Will)

Re Wattie; Wattie v Wattie [2019] VSC 701 (costs against solicitor under CPA)

Re Warner [2019] VSC 656 (passing over executor)

EBG v KPZ [2019] VSC 630 (VCAT direction to administrator to withdraw family provision claim)

Link and Ors v Link and Ors [2018] VSC 505 (complex equitable claim over family farm)

Re Wood [2018] VSC 597 (approval of infant compromise)

Singer v Spiewak and Anor [2018] VSC 521 (breach of fiduciary duty by an attorney)

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)

Re Sanders [2016] VSC 694 (application to admit informal will to probate)

County Court

Dreamfields v Zacutti [2020] VCC 1324 (heads of agreement - Masters v Cameron)

Cocks v Cocks [2020] VCC 103 (constructive and resulting trust case)

Farrugia v State Trustee Limited [2016] VCC (family provision trial – reasons restricted)

Supreme Court - Court of Appeal

O'Connor v James [2019] VSCA 265 (compromise of contested probate proceedings)

Wales v Wales [2015] VSCA 345 (family trust dispute) led by R C Wells

VCAT

Cherukuri v Danthuluri (Civil Claims) [2016] VCAT 1444 (definition of ‘services’ under the ACL)

Memberships & Committees

Victorian Bar

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