Abuse Law Symposium - Liability, Legal Capacity, Appellate Case Review and Young Offenders and Abuse : Rebutting the Presumption that Every Adult has Capacity
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Description
Attend and earn 0.5 CPD hour in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
2.45pm to 3.30pm Rebutting the Presumption that Every Adult has Capacity
- Identifying some warning signs that might suggest an adult does not have capacity
- How you might then go about making that assessment
- What needs to be done if the presumption of capacity can be rebutted
Presented by Jed McNamara, Special Counsel & State (Qld/NT) Team Leader, Maurice Blackburn
Presenters
Jed McNamara
Jed McNamara is Special Counsel and Queensland Head of Abuse Law, Maurice Blackburn Lawyers. Jed is a highly experienced personal injuries compensation Associate in Maurice Blackburn’s Maroochydore office on the Sunshine Coast. He also sees clients in our visiting office in Gympie. Jed helps clients with a range of compensation claims. He also a senior member of the firm’s national sexual and institutional compensation team and has a particular interest in bringing claims for the survivors of childhood sexual abuse. Jed is specially trained in trauma informed practice which ensures he works with clients to access justice in a way that recognizes the complex trauma they have suffered. Jed holds a Bachelor of Laws and has been practicing in personal injury compensation law for more than 20 years.