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Recorded Webinar: Shielding the Sacred: Structuring to Protect Religious Assets from External Risks

As litigation risks, financial pressures, and regulatory scrutiny grow, religious institutions must take active steps to protect their core assets. Separating charitable activities from statutory corporations is one key strategy, but it must be done carefully to preserve mission a
PRESENTED BY Vera Visevic Partner - Mills Oakley , Sydney

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About the Webinar

As litigation risks, financial pressures, and regulatory scrutiny grow, religious institutions must take active steps to protect their core assets. Separating charitable activities from statutory corporations is one key strategy, but it must be done carefully to preserve mission alignment and legal integrity. This session explores how to design strong legal and governance structures to safeguard religious assets while enabling operational flexibility. Topics include:

  • Understanding the powers and limitations of statutory religious corporations
  • Unincorporated vs incorporated entities: benefits and drawbacks
  • The relationship between the statutory corporation and related separate entities
  • Best practices to ringfence risk while maintaining charitable purpose
  • Lessons from recent case studies, including Presbyterian Church in Queensland; Allianz Australia Insurance Ltd v Uniting Church in Australia Property Trust (NSW) [2025] FCAFC 8.

Presented By

Vera Visevic
Partner, Mills Oakley Sydney, NSW

Vera heads up the Sydney Not-for-Profit team at Mills Oakley. She practises not-for-profit and charity law.

Acting for numerous charities, religious, community groups, professional associations and not-for-profit organisations, Vera has over 30 years’ experience in the legal profession.

In the not-for-profit sector, Vera focuses on governance and fundraising issues, mergers and divisions, establishment of charitable trusts and funds, tax concessions and exemptions, social enterprises, and regularly advises on constitutions, structural advice and ATO endorsements.

Further, she is an author in “Charity Law”, European Lawyer Reference.

Vera sits on a number of boards and committees, including

  • NSW Cemeteries & Crematoria NSW, Community and Consumer Consultative Group
  • ACNC Professional User Group
  • Law Council of Australia – Charities & Not for Profits Committee
  • CatholicCare, Diocese of Parramatta

Vera has also been in publications including:

  • Charity Global Guide: Australia

Who Should Attend?

This webinar is suitable for lawyers advising religious institutions and executives from religious institutions – Australia wide. This webinar is for practitioners with some knowledge in this area and looking to improve their knowledge.

CPD Information

 

Lawyers can claim up to 1 CPD unit/point – substantive law. This webinar has been designed to run for 1 hour, however, webinar lengths can vary depending on the level of questions and discussion.

WA lawyers – Please note that TEN is unable to verify your completion of recorded webinars to the Legal Practice Board of WA. TEN is an accredited provider.

While TEN takes all reasonable care to include accurate and up-to-date information regarding CPD category classifications and compliance obligations, information regarding CPD point allocation are provided as a guide only. Allocation of CPD points is subject to the CPD requirements of your jurisdiction, personal circumstances and professional requirements. You are solely responsible for determining whether a particular product is appropriate for your CPD requirements.

Enquiries/Assistance

If you need assistance or have an enquiry, please do not hesitate to contact our Webinar Coordinator, Lisa Tran on (03) 8601 7709 or email: [email protected]

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