Peter is a nationally recognised expert in all aspects of trust law (including charitable trusts) as well as being a senior specialist in the areas of Wills, estate and succession law, elder law, the law of attorneyship and asset protection.

He provides advice on complex estate and trust matters to clients throughout New Zealand and overseas, and to other professionals within the Canterbury area. He has been a Court appointed professional trustee for estates and trusts on a number of occasions.

A strong advocate of ongoing education within the legal and trust professions, for a number of years he was the New Zealand Legal Consultant at UWS College at the University of Western Sydney, supervising the trust and estate law teaching programme for New Zealand based students.  Peter is a contributing editor on trust law with legal publisher LexisNexis New Zealand Limited and has been a regular presenter at law conferences for many years.

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