Priya Silwaraju
Senior Lawyer | Wills, Estates & Succession PlanningPriya is a Senior Lawyer in our Wills, Estates and Succession Team across our Geelong and Melbourne offices.
Priya started off as a generalist lawyer before focusing on estate planning, estate administration, estate disputes and contested will matters where she combines empathy and pragmatism to help her clients navigate the most challenging times of their lives.
Known for her warmth, compassion and patience, Priya is able to break down complex legal principles into simple terms to assist her clients with achieving the best possible outcomes.
Priya was born in Singapore and moved to Australia in 2009. When she is not lawyering, Priya can be found playing badminton or cooking up a storm in her kitchen.
Areas of Expertise
- - Wills & Estate Planning (Standard Wills, Testamentary Trusts)
- - Powers of Attorney and Medical Treatment Decision Maker documents
- - Superannuation Binding Death Benefit Nominations
- - Complex Grant of Probate and Letters of Administration applications
- - Reseal Grant of Probate
- - Estate Administration
- - Deed of Family Arrangements
- - Estate Disputes (removal of executor/trustees, beneficiary claims)
- - Will contesting (informal Will applications, Will validity issues)
- - Family Provision Claims (Part IV Claims) on behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants
Qualifications
- - LLB, Bachelor of Laws from Monash University
- - Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice
- - Admitted as Solicitor, Supreme Court of Victoria
Memberships
- - Law Institute of Victoria
- - Young Lawyers Association (Community Issues Committee)
- - Victorian Women Lawyers
