Quite often elder clients have a viable claim but the perpetrator has no assets with which to satisfy any successful claim made. It is sometimes

The Law Institute of Victoria released a press statement on 22 November 2019 about a stamp duty issue that is in urgent need of reform.

We receive many articles on elder financial abuse via the Google Alerts service. Many don’t have direct relevance to our area of practice (for example,

We recently read an article on preventing financial abuse of the elderly, which was pretty much a summary of a report on abuse published by

The ACCC (Australian Competition and Consumer Commission) hosts a website called Scamwatch. The website states that its purpose is to provide consumers and small businesses

Following on from our previous story the Australian Bankers Association has called for three things to curtail elder financial abuse, particularly as a result of

Reported in the Age today (7 August 2019) is a story about banks renewing their attempts to control elder financial abuse, especially inheritance impatience. Also

It may be surprising to many that VCAT was only given power to order compensation, against a defaulting attorney under a power of attorney, in

In an article published on the website Elder Law Review authors Ries, Johnston and McCarthy* talk about the advantages that information and communication technologies can