Practice area
Guides on retirement village contracts, aged care agreements, accommodation payments, ingoing and exit fees, residence rights and the legal issues residents and families should understand before signing.
A practical executor's guide to Refundable Accommodation Deposits after a resident's death — how the RAD interacts with the estate, probate, provider correspondence, timing, records and beneficiary communication.
A practical Victorian guide to retirement village refurbishment and reinstatement disputes — the contract, condition evidence, scope of works, quotations, deductions, sale and reletting effects, and when VCAT may be available.
The Victorian legal authority families need before residential aged-care placement — enduring powers of attorney, medical treatment decision-makers, signing agreements and dealing with RAD/DAP choices.
How Victorian retirement villages, residential aged care and Support at Home differ in law and practice — contracts, fees, resident rights, decision-making, exit and estate consequences.
A practical Victorian guide to retirement village disputes — the legal and contractual basis, evidence, complaint and negotiation pathways, when VCAT may have jurisdiction, remedies, costs, urgency, executors and the strategic decisions residents, families and estates face.
A practical Victorian guide for executors and families dealing with a retirement village after a resident dies — notifying the operator, authority to act, access, recurrent charges, refurbishment, resale, exit-entitlement calculation and payment to the estate.
A practical, lawyer-led checklist for families reviewing a residential aged-care Resident Agreement and Accommodation Agreement before signing — clauses to check, red flags and who has authority to sign.
How residential aged-care costs work in Australia — Refundable Accommodation Deposits, Daily Accommodation Payments, means-tested contributions and the legal issues families should check before agreeing to any arrangement.
What a retirement village is, how it differs from aged care, the contracts involved, ongoing fees, deferred management fees, residents' rights and when to obtain legal advice in Victoria.
A practical checklist of the disclosure documents, residence and service contracts, recurrent charges, refurbishment clauses, cooling-off rights and exit fees to review before signing a retirement village agreement in Victoria.
How departures from a retirement village work in Victoria — deferred management fees, refurbishment costs, resale waiting periods, common disputes, and the rights of residents and their families.
A plain-English explanation of common retirement village contract clauses — occupancy rights, maintenance obligations, recurrent charges, capital gains provisions, exit fees and why independent legal advice matters.
