Elder law & succession: September 2026
Cases highlighting several cases with applications to remove or pass over an executor, hotchpot applications, lost informal wills, and much more.
Avoiding elder financial abuse: safeguards solicitors should have in place
The Law Reform Commission’s report, Elder Abuse – A National Response, recommends safeguards to minimise risk of abuse in cases of ‘enduring appointments’. By DARRYL…
Death benefit nominations & substitute decision makers: ALRC Elder Abuse Report
In the Elder Abuse Report, the Australian Law Reform Commission recommended review of the authority of those holding enduring powers of attorney.
The latest developments in Law Society advocacy & law reform: September 2017
The Law Society’s Policy and Practice team brings you a wrap-up of the most important issues of the moment.
Elder abuse: a national legal response
The Australian Law Reform Commission’s Report, Elder Abuse – A National Legal Response, included 43 recommendations for law reform which aim to achieve a nationally…
The beginning of the end of the castle: the age pension, aged care and the home
Holding onto your home in the twilight years is a lot more complicated after changes to asset test rules for age pensioners took effect on…
Wills and estates: June 2016
Reporting and analysisof the latest judgments and news in wills & estates and elder law. By DARRYL BROWNE.
The tangled web of granny flat arrangements
A parent and child co-habiting with the intermixing of financial and proprietary interests is fraught with difficulties. By RICHARD McCULLAGH.
The elderly and their medical treatment: enduring guardianship and advance care directives
Many people are concerned that they should not be forced to linger on in old age or in states of advanced physical or mental decrepitude,…
Capacity, dementia and neuropsychology
The Office of the Legal Services Commission is increasingly receiving complaints that lawyers have accepted instructions from elderly people who lack decision-making capacity. By LISE…