Queensland Gives is delighted to present the 26th Annual WA Lee Equity Lecture in partnership with the TC Beirne School of Law at The University of Queensland.

The Honourable Chief Justice Helen Bowskill and The Honourable Margaret McMurdo AC, Chair of Queensland Community Foundation Board of Governors, look forward to welcoming you to this year's WA Lee Equity Lecture presented by the Honourable Justice David Boddice of the Supreme Court of QLD who will present "Intestacy: Is it a form of estate planning?" followed by networking drinks courtesy of de Groots Will and Estate Lawyers, Estate First Lawyers and Mitchell's Solicitors.

The WA Lee Equity Lecture is held each year in honour of foremost equity and trusts academic and author, Honorary Professor WA "Tony" Lee. This prestigious series of lectures continues a long tradition of maintaining contemporary debate on matters of equitable jurisdiction, technique, principle and doctrine both in Australia and beyond. CPD points may be available for this lecture.

The lecture will be held in the Banco Court, Supreme Court of Queensland, George Street commencing at 5.30pm sharp. We recommend that you arrive from 5.00pm to clear security. ID is required.

Tickets are free of charge; however, registration is essential.

More about our speaker

Justice Boddice graduated from the University of Queensland in 1983 with a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and was admitted as a barrister of the Supreme Court of Queensland in 1984. He was appointed Senior Counsel in 2001.

His Honour has served in a number of significant roles, including member of the Queensland Anti-Discrimination Tribunal (2006–2009), chair of the Queensland Nursing Tribunal (2007–2009), and director (1993–2010) and chairperson (2006–2010) of Barristers' Chambers Limited. He was also junior vice president (2006–2008) and senior vice president (2008–2010) of the Medico-Legal Society of Queensland, and a member of the Continuing Professional Development Committee of the Bar Association of Queensland (2007–2009). Justice Boddice has been the legal patron of the Medico-Legal Society of Queensland since 2014 and was appointed chair of the Supreme Court Library Committee in 2025.

Justice Boddice was appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland on 2 July 2010. He served as an additional Judge of the Mental Health Court from 2011 to 2014 and as President of that Court from 2014 to 2017. He was appointed the Southern Region Judge of the Land Appeal Court in 2020.

In 2023, Justice Boddice was appointed a Judge of the Queensland Court of Appeal.

This event is produced by Queensland Gives by Queensland Community Foundation in partnership with The TC Beirne School of Law at The University of Queensland which brings together leading national and international scholars, distinguished alumni and leaders of the legal profession to provide students with an outstanding legal education to equip them for a wide variety of careers, both within Australia and internationally. Advance your career with a world class Master of Laws program in 2024.

As we gather for this year’s WA Lee Equity Lecture, Queensland Gives invite you to continue your support of community generosity by entering our Lady Elliot Island Raffle.
Thanks to our generous friends at Lady Elliot Island, you could win an unforgettable reef adventure for two — with all proceeds helping Queenslanders in need.

Tickets available here: https://events.humanitix.com/gold-coast-community-fund-raffle

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