The wait is now officially over with the new Queensland Powers of Attorney and Advamce Health Directive documents now being released. E documents are approved for use from 30 November 2020. These documents coincide with the legislative changes I wrote about regarding attorneys and guardians last year. This is the first update to these well…
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You might recall that last year I wrote a post on new changes to laws for attorneys and administrators following the passing of the Guardianship and Administration and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2019. With the craziness that we now call COVID-19, the implementation of these changes that was scheduled for 30 March 2020 was postponed…
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On 20 August 2020, the Australian Capital Territory passed legislation criminalising acts of abuse of vulnerable people. The term ‘elder abuse’, for many, is a problematic term as it suggests it is only an abuse that only affects elders, when the truth of it is, it affects those that are vulernable. The new legislation acknowledges…
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This week has found me reading lots of different and interesting cases and I can barely keep up! However, I was really interested to read this case and, whilst I appreciate my amazing subscribers are being bombarded with emails, I just had to post about it. Last week, the Victorian Court of Appeal was called…
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This morning, I read a very interesting case that makes me think of the tasks I do on a daily basis; taking notes of my client’s instructions. The case of Public Trustee v Bott [2017] TASSC 43 involved a question of whether a File Note could be an informal document containing the deceased’s testamentary intentions…
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The long awaited decision of Badenach v Calvert [2016] HCA 18 was handed down today by the High Court of Australia. Does a solicitor owe a duty to an intended beneficiary? Well, it depends, but in this case, the short answer is no. And here’s why: By way of background, the case of Calvert v Badenach caught…
Read MoreI hear comments in society all the time such as “lawyers complicate things” or some variation of that. I can entirely understand why people think this, but it’s generally not true. It’s probably because we ask lots of questions and likely those questions are things you probably didn’t think about. BUT that’s our job. Some…
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