GB (a pseudonym) v JB (a pseudonym)

• 1. Guardianship and Administration
  2. › Decision-making capacity
  3. › Assessment by neuropsychologist
  4. › Admissibility of expert report
  5. › Whether informed consent required where assessment ordered by tribunal
  6. › Whether person assessed was 'client' under APS Code of Ethics
  7. › Guardianship and Administration Act 2019 (Vic), ss 5, 6, 8, 30, 32
  8. › Powers of Attorney Act 2014 (Vic), s 33
• 1. Guardianship and Administration
  2. › Appointment of administrator
  3. › Whether Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act 2006 complied with
  4. › Overlap between GA Act principles and Charter rights
  5. › Whether genuine consideration given to human rights through application of GA Act provisions
  6. › Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act 2006 (Vic), ss 7, 8, 12, 20, 24, 38
• 1. Appeal
  2. › Leave to appeal from VCAT
  3. › Question of law
  4. › Whether findings open on the evidence
  5. › Scope of appellate review of VCAT fact-finding
  6. › Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 1998 (Vic), s 148

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