A beautiful aspring day was the perfect backdrop for the Gold Coast Women in Law Race day. Thank you Sam Dillon for organising a great event. For more blogs related to latest news regarding Christine Smyth, Click Here

Last Friday,  Christine Smyth addressed the GCDLA. The local association doing great work for Gold Coast Solicitors. Congratulations to Anna Morgan on her appointment as President, Cameron Browne on his appointment as Deputy President. To read more articles of Christine Smyth Click Here

Christine Smyth attended as guest of Southern Cross Media at the annual Ray White Ball held at the beautiful Sheraton Mirage. Congratulations to Southern Cross Media for their significant charitable contribution assisting in raising funds for Muscular Dystrophy. To read more blogs of Christine Smyth, Click Here

From cooking up a storm, to sitting at a table drinking beer and smoking cigarettes, to standing in the boxing ring ready for the next bout, people are seeking new and interesting ways for final farewell. If you are not content to be sent off lying on your back in a silk lined coffin then the below article might interest […]

Modern life is peripatetic. We no longer live and work in the one community all of our lives. Life gets busy, we lose touch with people we once knew and loved. Then we discover some pass, and in our quieter moments we reflect and often seek to say our final goodbyes. Utilising technology, the Brisbane City Council has paid light […]

Christine Smyth and Hartwell Legal Lawyer, Katerina Peiros’ article has been published in The Tax Institute Journal ‘Taxation in Australia’. Their article is called ‘Clients, Capacity & Court Proceedings’ and discusses the responsibility of practitioners towards clients with diminishing capacity and difficulties with understanding complex concepts.

Is this a new trend?  I recently posted up a blog where certain superannuation industry experts consider $1 million is not enough for retirement.  In the contest of claims against estates for greater provision, the difficult question is what is sufficient for the claimant in all the circumstances.   In 2014 the Queensland Supreme Court played host to a large […]

It is a common misconception that a will is a private document. In an era where our lives are more public than ever, it is anomaly that many clients consider the will of a deceased to be a private document, only for the eyes of a few. On the contrary, it is one of the deceased’s last public statements. Now […]

Christine Smyth, Dean of Law, Professor Penelope Mathew and Jasmine Altinkaya, President of the Gold Coast Law Student Association attended the Griffith University International Womens Day Legal Leadership Event on 26 March 2015. Griffith University has uploaded the below article to their online portal. Women@Griffith “Workforce diversity and equity is everybody’s business and at Griffith, we believe that all people […]

WLAQ Event – 26 November 2014 Practical Legal Ethics:  A Perspective from the Bench The beautiful setting of the Emerald Lakes Golf Club provided a picturesque background for the recent Women Lawyers Association of Queensland (WLAQ) event where members of the legal profession had an opportunity to listen to Her Honour, Judge Purdon-Sully speak on the topic of practical legal […]