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Francesca da Silva

Associate
Francesca is an associate in the private client team at Cooper Grace Ward, assisting clients in a range of succession matters focused on estate administration, estate disputes and superannuation.
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Francesca is an associate in the private client team at Cooper Grace Ward, assisting clients in a range of succession matters focused on estate administration, estate disputes and superannuation.

She also assists clients with estate planning and matters involving guardianship and administration, capacity and elder law.

  • Solicitor – Supreme Court of Queensland and High Court of Australia
  • Bachelor of Laws (Honours) – Queensland University of Technology
  • Bachelor of Justice (Distinction) – Queensland University of Technology
  • Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice – Queensland University of Technology
  • Member – Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP)

Estate administration

  • Applications for Grants of probate and Grants of letters of administration (with or without a Will).
  • Routine and complex estate administration.

Estate disputes

  • Family provision applications.
  • Grants of Administration in solemn form.
  • Construction of Will applications.
  • Informal Wills and Statutory Wills.
  • Disputes regarding superannuation death benefits.
  • Advising on estate-related disputes involving Enduring Powers of Attorney.

Estate planning

  • Preparation of Wills (including those with testamentary trusts), Enduring Powers of Attorney, superannuation death benefit nominations and confidential memorandums of directions.

Guardianship and administration

  • Applications for the appointment of guardians or administrators for adults with impaired decision-making capacity (both contested and uncontested).
  • Applications regarding the validity of Enduring Powers of Attorney.
  • Advising in disputes regarding appropriateness of appointed decision makers.
  • Applications seeking declarations of capacity.

Elder law

  • Providing advice on residential aged care agreements, retirement village agreements and manufactured home agreements.

Areas of Expertise

Estate planning
Superannuation law
Estate administration and disputes

Publications

Cooper Grace Ward recognised for excellence in Wills, Estates and Succession law

Doyles Guide has released its rankings for Wills, Estates, Estates Litigation and Succession Planning Lawyers and Law Firms in Queensland for 2025, and Cooper Grace Ward has once again performed exceptionally well.

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