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Naomi de Costa, AssociatePractice Areas

Naomi is an Associate and leads the WGC Estates team.

Her specific areas of practice include:

  • Estate Planning Advice
  • Wills
  • Powers of Attorney
  • Superannuation including Self-managed Superannuation Funds
  • Estate Administration
  • Estate Disputes and Estate Litigation

Experience

Naomi has extensive experience in the areas of will drafting, estate administration and estate litigation. She has had the direct control and management of complex estate matters in the Supreme Court of Queensland and the Queensland Court of Appeal, with particular experience in the conduct and finalisation of the administration of large estates where there is ongoing multi-party litigation.

Her estate administration experience extends to include applications to court for probate and various grants of representation and attending to transfers and transmissions of property. On the other hand she is also experienced in trust and estate litigation including family provision applications (acting for both estates and applicants), caveats over wills and litigation under the Powers of Attorney Act.

Naomi also has interests in family law, having lectured the subject atJames Cook University in 2006. Naomi has published several articles on the interface between law and medicine, in publications including The University of New South Wales Law Journal and the Medical Journal of Australia.

Qualifications

Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice, College of Law, 2005
Bachelor of Laws (Hons Class 1), James Cook University, 2004

Memberships & Affiliations

Queensland Law Society Ethics Committee, Member
Cairns Community Legal Service, Management Committee
Amnesty International, Member
North Queensland Law Association, Co-President
Far North Queensland Law Association, Member
Cairns Business Women’s Club, Member
Queensland Law Society, Member

Contact Details

Phone:  (07) 4046 1194
Fax: (07) 4031 3146
Email:  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

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See also: Estate Administration, Estate Disputes and Estate Litigation, Estate Planning and Wills, Litigation