Take Two: Powers of Attorney - amendments and case update

CPD Seminar - 07 December 2017

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Date 07/12/2017
Time 07:15 am - 08:45 am
Price $66
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Catering: Includes a light breakfast

Chair: David Hughes
Presenter: Elizabeth Brophy and Eleanor Coates
Compulsory Field: Substantive Law
CPD Units: 1
Venue Monash University Law Chambers,555 Lonsdale Street,Melbourne,3000

Summary

Part 1 of the presentation will outline amendments to the Powers of Attorney Act 2014 (Powers of Attorney Amendment Act 2016 and Administration and Probate and Other Acts Amendment (Succession and Related Matters) Act 2017 – what has changed in respect to enduring powers of attorney?

Part 2 will look at some recent cases that have been decided since the amendments to the Act first came into effect on 1 September 2015. The cases consider the compensation provisions, retrospectivity issues and the concurrent jurisdiction of VCAT and the Supreme Court.