This On Demand was originally recorded on 12 November 2024.

Proceedings under the Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act often involve disputes between the subject person’s children and family members as to care arrangements and the management of financial affairs. The difficult PPPR cases can involve complex legal and practical issues including estrangement, abuse, undue influence, separation/dissolution, capacity, payment of care costs, and family dysfunction. There is a myriad of challenges for practitioners in the PPPR space, who have to get to grips with them at speed and under scrutiny from wider family and the Court.

This On Demand will examine principles and practice through case studies based on real-life examples.  The experienced presenters will review the types of issues that come across your desks and proffer practical solutions. The session is aimed at engaging participants in the philosophy underlying the Act with a view to providing a holistic and principled perspective, so participants can deal with novel situations appropriately.

Viewers will also benefit from viewing a video from Consultant Psychiatrist and Psychogeriatrician Dr Jane Casey.  

Viewers will be supplied with a well-developed resource kit and materials to add to their toolbox, including the PPPR Handbook.

Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

• Refresh your understanding of the philosophy underlying the PPPR Act, with a view to gaining a holistic and principled perspective, so you can address novel issues.
• Develop a better appreciation of the range of issues relating to capacity assessments, from Dr Jane Casey’s video content. 
• Improve your understanding of how to interact with Lawyer for Subject Person, including the new guidelines.
• Delve into myriad difficult practical issues around PPPR matters.
• Consolidate your knowledge of PPPR matters through real-life examples relating to agency and to difficult concepts and principles (including applications under s 60, how to get creative to attain appropriate orders, and how to manage problems with enforcing orders).

Who Should Watch?

All lawyers working in the PPPR space or interested in practising in this area.

Presenters

Theresa Donnelly, Legal Services Manager, Perpetual Guardian 

Alan Gluestein, Barrister, Wyndham Chambers