Madeleine is a solicitor with some 28 years of experience and a partner of Elliot Tuthill Solicitors. Madeleine is one of only 69 Law Society Accredited Specialists (Wills & Estates) in the State of New South Wales (as at July 2022), and one of the only few practising in the Sutherland Shire.

Madeleine has enjoyed teaching at the College of Law and being a member of the Elder Law Succession & Capacity Committee of the Law Society of NSW. 

Madeleine’s early career was with the Rural Bank of New South Wales which she believes instilled in her a careful and methodical approach to book-keeping and a complete knowledge of banking at branch level.

Madeleine left the bank to marry and to travel extensively to the United Kingdom and Europe. She has enjoyed skiing in many wonderful areas of the world. Her travels have created in her a great interest in other countries, languages and cultures and an understanding that all people have different capacities and different opportunities but remain entitled to be appreciated for their individual worth. 

These past experiences assist Madeleine in a deep understanding of the administration of deceased estates and the diversity of needs in Will making, including international resolutions.  Madeleine’s focus now is on complex estate administration and litigation involving will disputes and family provision claims.

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