Lawyers helping elders
and their families,
through legal problems
which come with ageing

Lawyers helping elders and their families, through legal problems which come with ageing

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Our History

Welcome to Elderlaw ‘The Law Firm’

Our law firm ‘Elderlaw, aims to inform and assist those of us in the Australian
community who are elders or whose parents, close relatives, friends, siblings or
neighbours are elders and who have an elder law problem.

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Who is an Elder and what is Elder Law?

An elder is a person whose experience of life provides them with the authority to command respect from others or to whom other defer for that reason.

Elder law in Australia is a developing and increasingly popular part of the practice of law. Elder law also involves other professionals including medical practitioners and aged care nurses, financial planners, accountants and students in nursing, law and medicine.

Elder Law is also about viewing the law through the prism and experience of ageing. There are many life events associated with ageing which require or involve attention from a legal perspective. They include:

  • Financial disputes with business, banks, family and friends;
  • Delegation of decision-making capacity including financial,
    property, healthcare and accommodation decisions;
  • Financial issues such as social security, residential aged
    care charges and fees, taxation, retirement planning, estate
    & business succession planning & superannuation;
  • Life and death issues including termination, refusal and
    withdrawal of medical treatment;
  • Powers of attorney;
  • Making wills;
  • Challenging wills;
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Our People

Rodney Lewis

Senior Solicitor

Author of the text: Elder Law in Australia, 2nd edn, Lexis Nexis, Sydney 2012; has practised in Elder Law since 1999 and longer, in wills and estates; has been delivering elder law education by way of talks and seminars to the legal profession and to the community, in elder law, for many years.

Dougal Geddes

Executive Lawyer

An experienced lawyer and member Elder Law and Succession Committee of the Law Society of NSW, practises in elder law including probate, wills and implementing estate planning arrangements.

William Geddes

Solicitor

Supporting the Elderlaw legal practice in all aspects including especially wills and estates litigation, guardianship and financial management conflicts and will making.

Nicole Louvris

Legal Support

An experienced legal support assistant who is involved in client work production, file and systems management.

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