by Michael Perkins | May 26, 2021 | Autonomy Evaluation, Medico-legal, Power of Attorney and Guardianship, Succession Planning (After Death), Uncategorized, Wills
Autonomy First Lawyers were called into help by a fellow experienced solicitor. The solicitor’s client was a mother who had been living with her son until his death. She was discharged to a nursing home from hospital and the home applied to NCAT to appoint a financial...
by Michael Perkins | Apr 26, 2021 | Autonomy Evaluation, Contract, Legal, Medico-legal, Wills
Autonomy First Lawyers assisted a fellow experienced solicitor, a partner in a Sydney-based commercial law firm that also supports clients with Wills, Succession and Advice legal services. The solicitor attended by Zoom a talk being given by Michael Perkins and Dr...
by Dr Jane Lonie | Mar 15, 2021 | Autonomy Evaluation, Medico-legal
As we grow older, we are often faced with making a range of important life decisions, such as where we should live, what support we need, and who should help us manage our finances and our health? Sometimes family members have different ideas about these important...
by Michael Perkins | Feb 16, 2021 | Medico-legal
What is the will and preference of a person under care? At the Autonomy First multidisciplinary Capacity and Capability Clinic, we often work with family members after a dementia diagnosis. Unfortunately, we see a number of cases where the affected person has been...
by Dr Jane Lonie | Feb 15, 2021 | Autonomy Evaluation, Medico-legal
Although the law treats the concepts of legal capacity and undue influence as separate entities, insofar as undue influence presupposes that the individual had capacity, in reality the two rarely operate in isolation. That is to say, whilst the law requires that...
by Michael Perkins | Jan 20, 2021 | Legal, Medico-legal, Succession Planning (After Death), Uncategorized, Wills
Is caution about representation now a source of mischief? For many people it seems a wise strategy to create an Enduring Power of Attorney or a Power of Enduring Guardianship and to leave it unaccepted by some or all of their representatives. The thinking is to plan...
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