TRISTAN BURKE
ASSOCIATE
WILLS AND ESTATES
Tristan is an Associate in the Wills & Estates Team at Harwood Andrews.
Since being admitted as a lawyer in 2021, Tristan has practiced exclusively in the Wills & Estates space. He is experienced in estate planning, estate administration, estate disputes, superannuation disputes and matters in the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) Administration & Guardianship list.
Tristan has a friendly and personal approach, and desires to make clients’ experiences as smooth and stress-free as possible.
Outside of work Tristan enjoys spending time with his partner, their golden retriever Ted, snowboarding and spending time with friends and family.
Tristan’s key areas of practice include:
Estate planning Wills (including wills with testamentary trusts)
Powers of Attorney (Financial and/or Personal), Medical Treatment Decision Maker appointments and Restrictive Practice nominations
Advice about superannuation binding death benefit nominations and advising on updating existing self-managed superannuation fund deeds
Succession of existing discretionary family trusts
Applications for Probate and Letters of Administration
Estate administration
Estate claims and disputes, including probate caveats, applying for and responding to claims for further provision from estates
Estate administration and estate disputes with international involvement
Superannuation complaints and disputes
Applications in VCAT for guardianship and administration orders
Disputes in VCAT regarding powers of attorney and guardianship and administration appointments
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Tristan has been listed in the 2025 listing of Victoria’s Wills & Estates Law Rising Stars details individuals practising across either of contentious or non-contentious Wills & Estates Law matters within the Victorian legal market who, while not included in our Leading Estates Lawyer Rankings have been specifically noted as being a “Rising Star” within the aforementioned areas.