The Law Council of Australia (LCA) has published a revised Best Practice Guide for Legal Practitioners in Relation to Elder Financial Abuse to help lawyers to identify potential incidents of elder abuse, particularly financial abuse, and take steps to respond.
“Lawyers are at the frontline in terms of recognising and preventing elder financial abuse,” LCA President, Mr Luke Murphy, said.
“This is because of the role that lawyers play with the preparation and execution of wills and other advance planning documents. These are important contexts in which the risk of elder financial abuse may arise.”
“Elder abuse is completely unacceptable and sadly the perpetrators are usually someone very close to the victim, someone the person should be able to trust to care for them and have their best interests at heart when they are at their most vulnerable,” Mr Murphy said.
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