UNIFORM SUCCESSION LAWS PROJECT COMMITTEE
| QUEENSLAND |
| Queensland Law Reform Commission |
| (co-ordinating agency for the project) |
Mr Wayne Briscoe
Ms Claire Riethmuller |
| NEW SOUTH WALES |
| New South Wales Law Reform Commission |
| Professor Michael Tilbury 1 |
| Mr Peter Hennessy |
| AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY |
| ACT Attorney General’s Dept |
| Mr Charles Rowland |
| NORTHERN TERRITORY |
| Northern Territory Attorney General’s Dept |
| Ms Barbara Bradshaw |
| WESTERN AUSTRALIA |
| Law Reform Commission of Western Australia |
| Dr Peter Handford (until 6 August 1997) |
| VICTORIA |
| Victorian Attorney General’s Law Reform Advisory Council |
| Professor Michael Tilbury 2 |
Victorian Department of Justice
Ms Ruvani Wicks |
| TASMANIA |
| Professor D R C Chalmers |
| COMMONWEALTH |
| Australian Law Reform Commission |
| Mr David Edwards PSM |
| SOUTH AUSTRALIA |
| Attorney General’s Dept, South Australia |
| Ms Margaret Doyle |
| NEW ZEALAND |
| Law Commission |
| Mr D F Dugdale |
Special mention is made of Dr Peter Handford, Executive Officer and Director of Research, Law Reform Commission of Western Australia who was on the National Committee from its inception until August 1997. Dr Handford’s enthusiasm for the project and his willingness to contribute of his time, ideas and legal skills were infectious. He played a large part in the development of the recommendations included in this Report. No replacement for Dr Handford has yet been nominated by the Attorney General for Western Australia.
The National Committee also acknowledges the valuable contributions made to this project by other past members of the National Committee: Professor Richard Sutton, former Commissioner with the Law Commission, New Zealand; Ms Margaret Cross, Attorney General’s Department, South Australia; Ms Lyn Douglas and Ms Judy Bonner, Northern Territory Attorney General’s Department; The Hon Dr Robert Dean MP and Mr James Guest, formerly of the Victorian Parliamentary Law Reform Committee. The Committee also acknowledges the outstanding contribution to the project by Mr Tony Lee, former part-time member of the Queensland Law Reform Commission and a consultant to that Commission on the Uniform Succession Laws Project. The National Committee wishes to thank the members and officers of the various Agencies and Government Departments from which its members have been drawn for their assistance, in particular, Mr Joseph Waugh and Ms Leonie Armstrong of the New South Wales Law Reform Commission, and Mr Tony Allingham formerly with the Tasmanian Law Reform Commissioner.
Please note: This publication is a report to the Standing Committee of Attorneys General and will be available for public distribution only with the approval of the Standing Committee of Attorneys General.
To: The Standing Committee of Attorneys General
The National Committee for Uniform Succession Laws is pleased to present its Consolidated Report on The Law of Wills.
Wayne Briscoe
Commissioner, Queensland Law Reform Commission, Co-ordinating Agency for Uniform Succession Laws Project, as Member of National Committee
Professor DRC Chalmers
former Law Reform Commissioner of Tasmania and the Tasmanian Attorney-General’s representative on the National Committee
The Honourable Justice P de Jersey
Chairman, Queensland Law Reform Commission, Co-ordinating Agency for Uniform Succession Laws Project
D F Dugdale
Commissioner, Law Com-mission, New Zealand as Member of the National Committee
Professor Bill Duncan
Commissioner, Queensland Law Reform Commission, Co-ordinating Agency for Uniform Succession Laws Project
David Edwards PSM
Deputy President, Australian Law Reform Commission as Member of the National Committee
Charles Rowland
Special Advisor (Succession Law), Community Law Reform Committee, Attorney-General’s Department, ACT as Member of the National Committee
Ruvani Wicks
Law Officer, Attorney-General’s Policy Division, Department of Justice, Victoria, as Member of the National Committee
Peter Hennessy
Executive Director, New South Wales Law Reform Commission, as Member of the National Committee
Peter McDermott RFD
Commissioner, Queensland Law Reform Commission, Co-ordinating Agency for Uniform Succession Laws Project
Phil McMurdo QC
Commissioner, Queensland Law Reform Commission, Co-ordinating Agency for Uniform Succession Laws Project
Debra Mullins
Commissioner, Queensland Law Reform Commission, Co-ordinating Agency for Uniform Succession Laws Project
Claire Riethmuller
Senior Research Officer, Queensland Law Reform Commission, as Member of the National Committee
Suzanne Sheridan
Commissioner, Queensland Law Reform Commission, Co-ordinating Agency for Uniform Succession Laws Project
Professor Michael Tilbury
Academic Secretary to the Attorney-General’s Law Reform Advisory Council (Victoria), as Member of the National Committee
FOOTNOTES
1. Professor Tilbury is a part-time member of the New South Wales Law Reform Commission and Academic Secretary to the Victorian Attorney General’s Law Reform Advisory Council.
2. See note 1 of this Report.
