A New Dawn or New Lingo: The Latest Reforms to the GAA 1995
Format: Livestreamed and In-person (Hobart)
Recorded: With the presenters' consent
Time: 1-2pm, Wednesday 2 October 2024
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. The presenters will also touch upon the introduction the new provisions allowing for people unable to provide consent to be enrolled in health and medical research.
About the presenters
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 Australiasian 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.
Ms Rowena Holder graduated in Arts and Law from the University of Tasmania in 1994. Rowena was President of the Guardianship and Administration Board from 9 August 2016 to 4 November 2022. Prior to this Rowena was a member of the Board from 2009 to 2016, until her appointment as President. In 2014 Rowena was appointed as a member of the Mental Health Tribunal. Previously Rowena worked in private practice in the areas of criminal and civil litigation and family law and then as a manager of advice and legal services at the Legal Aid Commission of Tasmania. Rowena is a nationally accredited mediator and has a graduate certificate in Family Dispute Resolution and was accredited as a Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner.
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in-person (at the Society, 28 Murray Street) and livestreamed.
28 Murray Street, Hobart Tas 7000
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1-2pm, Wednesday 2 October 2024
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