- CPD Points: 1 [PS] [SL]
- Price: $45.00
- Area: Advocacy; Courts and Tribunals; Litigation
- Delivered: October 2024
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Description
The second tranche of reforms to the Guardianship & Administration Act 1995 commence on 1 September 2024. This session will focus upon the impetus for the reform, the major changes, and how the reforms impact applications made to the Guardianship stream of TASCAT, and the evidence required. Malcolm Schyvens, President, TASCAT will also touch upon the introduction the new provisions allowing for people unable to provide consent to be enrolled in health and medical research.
- CPD Points: 1 [PS] [SL]
- Price: $45.00
- Area: Advocacy; Courts and Tribunals; Litigation
- Delivered: October 2024
Digital Content
- Recording
- Slides
To purchase login below
Description
The second tranche of reforms to the Guardianship & Administration Act 1995 commence on 1 September 2024. This session will focus upon the impetus for the reform, the major changes, and how the reforms impact applications made to the Guardianship stream of TASCAT, and the evidence required. Malcolm Schyvens, President, TASCAT will also touch upon the introduction the new provisions allowing for people unable to provide consent to be enrolled in health and medical research.
Malcolm Schyvens, President, TASCAT
About the Presenter:
Mr Malcolm Schyvens was appointed as the inaugural President of TASCAT and commenced in this role in May 2021. Prior to commencing in this role, Mr Schyvens was Deputy President of the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT), and Head of NCAT’s Guardianship Division. He has also held a variety of related roles in both NSW and Tasmania including President, (2011-2013) and Deputy President (2008-2011) of the former Guardianship Tribunal of NSW, Legal Member of Tasmania’s former Guardianship and Administration Board (2003-2008) and former Forensic Tribunal (2007-2008). Prior to this, he completed his university studies and commenced his career in legal practice in Tasmania at Dobson Mitchell and Allport. He was subsequently Managing Partner of Ogilvie Jennings. He is also a former President of the Law Society of Tasmania (2007-2008).
Up until his appointment as President of TASCAT, Mr Schyvens was Chair of the Australian Guardianship and Administration Council (AGAC), Conveynor of the NSW Chapter of the Council of Australasian Tribunals (COAT) and a Member of the Elder Law and Succession Committee of the Law Society of NSW. He is currently a Member of the Cultural Diversity Justice Network auspiced by the Judicial Council on Cultural Diversity.
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