Daniel Black

• Areas of Law Powers of Attorney , Probate and letters of administration , Will Disputes , Estate Planning , Contesting an estate , Defending an estate
• Qualifications Juris Doctor
  Diploma of Financial Services
  Bachelor of Commerce
  

• +61 3 8600 6007
• dblack@aitken.com.au

Daniel Black is a senior associate in our Wills and & Estates team. Daniel has experience assisting clients with:

• Drafting simple and complex Wills (including Testamentary Trusts, Superannuation Proceeds Trusts, Special Disability Trusts and Capital Reserved Trusts).
• Drafting Enduring Powers of Attorney, Appointment of Medical Treatment Decision Maker(s), and Binding Death Benefit Nominations and/or Agreements.
• Complex estate and farm succession planning including the use of partnerships, companies, and trusts.
• Applications for Grant of Probate and Letters of Administration, administration of deceased estates, and Deeds of Family Arrangement.
• Probate caveats and estate litigation including Testator’s Family Maintenance claims (Part IV claims) and equitable claims.
• Applications to VCAT for Guardianship and/or Administration orders, and reassessments of orders.

• Semmler v Todd [2015] VSC 567; Semmler v Todd (No 2) [2015] VSC 609.
• Re Kelsall [2016] VSC 724.
• Re Dodson; Dodson v Dodson [2019] VSC 833.
• Petrovska, Vesna v Morrison, John Alexander (who is sued in his capacity as executor and trustee of the estate of James Finlay Finnie, deceased) [2020] VSC 9