- CPD Points: 1.5 [PM] [PS] [SL]
- Price: $0.00
- Area: Administration of Estates; Elder and Succession Law; Estate Planning; Succession Planning
- Delivered: October 2022
Digital Content
- Recording
- Materials: Papers and Slides ( 29 pages)
Free recording – view here. Password: TR$#2
Description
The Law Society of Tasmania’s Elder and Succession Law Committee invites you to join Dr John Saul, GP, and AMA President; Mr David Dunbabin, Geriatrician; Ms Janine Martin, Neurologist; and Ms Alison Wiss, Senior Lawyer, in a discussion about the rollout of a comprehensive testamentary capacity reporting instrument. This event is facilitated by Dr Martin Morrissey, Psychiatric Geriatrician, who has over 20 years’ experience in the diagnosis and management of dementia. He works for the Older Persons Mental Health Service in Hobart, Tasmania.
The Elder and Succession Law Committee has been working on a proforma testamentary capacity report resource for use by the medical and legal professions. The legal profession receives reports from doctors about a client/patient’s capacity; and this information can vary. The legal test for assessing a person’s capacity to sign a legal document such as a will is based on a legal test and is different from the medical tests that a doctor would carry out to assess a patient’s capacity. Although many geriatricians are familiar with the legal capacity test and already complete reports for solicitors, some GPs are less so. The profession believes that it will be helpful for both professions to have a standard capacity form for use by doctors and lawyers.
Critical to its uptake and success is an awareness raising in both professions about why it is of value; and a demystifying of the “testamentary capacity test”. And, the Committee believes that this panel discussion with GPs, geriatricians and legal practitioners will assist both professions with this.
- CPD Points: 1.5 [PM] [PS] [SL]
- Price: $0.00
- Area: Administration of Estates; Elder and Succession Law; Estate Planning; Succession Planning
- Delivered: October 2022
Digital Content
- Recording
- Materials: Papers and Slides ( 29 pages)
Free recording – view here. Password: TR$#2
Description
The Law Society of Tasmania’s Elder and Succession Law Committee invites you to join Dr John Saul, GP, and AMA President; Mr David Dunbabin, Geriatrician; Ms Janine Martin, Neurologist; and Ms Alison Wiss, Senior Lawyer, in a discussion about the rollout of a comprehensive testamentary capacity reporting instrument. This event is facilitated by Dr Martin Morrissey, Psychiatric Geriatrician, who has over 20 years’ experience in the diagnosis and management of dementia. He works for the Older Persons Mental Health Service in Hobart, Tasmania.
The Elder and Succession Law Committee has been working on a proforma testamentary capacity report resource for use by the medical and legal professions. The legal profession receives reports from doctors about a client/patient’s capacity; and this information can vary. The legal test for assessing a person’s capacity to sign a legal document such as a will is based on a legal test and is different from the medical tests that a doctor would carry out to assess a patient’s capacity. Although many geriatricians are familiar with the legal capacity test and already complete reports for solicitors, some GPs are less so. The profession believes that it will be helpful for both professions to have a standard capacity form for use by doctors and lawyers.
Critical to its uptake and success is an awareness raising in both professions about why it is of value; and a demystifying of the “testamentary capacity test”. And, the Committee believes that this panel discussion with GPs, geriatricians and legal practitioners will assist both professions with this.
Alison Wiss, Senior Lawyer, McMullen Lawyers
About the Presenter:
Ms Alison Wiss has a 26-year strong background in estate planning and administration of deceased estates and is especially proficient in the preparation of wills, testamentary trust, enduring powers of attorney and enduring guardianships. Alison is currently chair of the Law Society of Tasmania Elder and Succession Law Committee, has contributed to a submission on why Tasmania should have a Charter for Human rights, and is a member of the Golden Key International Honour Society for her work on human rights.
Janine Martin, Neurologist
About the Presenter:
Ms Janine Martin has worked clinically with neurocognitively impaired adults and children, their families, and support workers for over 15 years and is a member of the Australian Psychological Society’s College of Clinical Neuropsychologists. Before entering private practice Ms Martin was Clinical Neuropsychologist on the Rehabilitation Unit at the Royal Hobart Hospital and was an Honorary Clinical Lecturer and Clinical Supervisor for the University of Tasmania. Janine is a registered psychologist, with the Psychology Board of Australia and her endorsed areas of practice are clinical neuropsychology and clinical psychology.
David Dunbabin, Geriatrician
About the Presenter:
Mr David Dunbabin is an Australian-based health professional. David is trained as a Geriatrician (Aged Care Specialist) and Rehabilitation Specialist and practices in Lenah Valley, Tasmania.
John Saul, GP, and AMA President 2022
About the Presenter:
Dr John Saul, Lauderdale GP is a born and bred Tasmanian. John graduated from UTAS in 1983. After travelling and working in NSW and Queensland, he settled back on the east coast of Tasmania to begin growing his general practice. After serving as vice president of the Australian Medical Association in Tasmania for the past year, John was elected AMA Tasmania’s new president in mid-2022.