STEP Victoria-Tasmania Seminar | Tuesday 6 May 2025

STEP Victoria - Tasmania Branch invites you to a seminar with Dr Philip Bender, Barrister and Nationally Accredited Mediator, List A Barristers.  

Topic: Trust Variation Applications

This seminar will examine methods of amending a trust deed, with a focus on court applications and how to make them.  Resettlement and trust substratum will be looked at as part of this examination.  Various cases in which court applications for variations have been made will be canvassed.

DATE: Tuesday 6 May 2025

TIME: 6:00pm - 7:00pm

COST: STEP Members $50 | Non-Members $110

VENUE: Fox Room - Equity Trustees | Level 1, 575 Bourke Street, Melbourne VIC or online via webinar

This seminar will be offered in person and online via webinar

For further information or assistance, please contact step.victoria-Tasmania@step.org 

PLEASE NOTE: If you register as a remote attendee, the link to join the live-stream will be sent to each ticket holder via email 2 hours before this event through the Humanitix system.

IMPORTANT REMINDER: To ensure you don't miss out on receiving the Zoom link, please ensure your email address is correct before confirming the ticket order.

This seminar will be recorded, and the recording will be sent to registered attendees within 7 days of the seminar.

SPEAKER | Dr Philip Bender

Dr Philip Bender is a barrister and mediator at the Victorian Bar.  He practices in trusts, charities, and estates, taxation and superannuation, financial services law, and general commercial and property law.  Philip is also a Chartered Accountant and author of Bender's Australian Stamp Duties, published by the Taxation Institute.  He has acted in many charities, trusts and estates disputes, including trust variation applications, judicial advice applications, trust governance disputes, and matters involving breaches of trust.  He has also acted for the Attorney-General and for revenue authorities in charities and trusts disputes. 

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