Powers of Attorney (Paperback)

Paperback. Powers of Attorney 4th edition remains the only text that provides a current, detailed and dedicated treatment of Australian law surrounding powers of attorney. It is not confined to Australian law, though, but uses law from the principal common law countries to contextualise our law, and to provide guidance where Australian law may be lacking. The prevalence of powers of attorney particularly of the enduring variety makes the work increasingly important over time, especially in view of Australias ageing population.FeaturesDefines the concept, characteristics and classifications the law adopts for powers of attorneyCompares and contrasts powers of attorney with other related relationships known to the lawHighlights the importance of issues of capacity, for both principal and attorney, to the validity or otherwise of a power of attorneyCatalogues the basic elements, specifically the formalities that go to substantiating a power of attorneyExplains the nature and parameters of the authority and the scope and means of varying itInvestigates the extent to which the legal approach to construing an attorneys authority follows conventional approaches to construing other written documents, and explains how the courts have, from early times, promulgated and applied a strict approach to constructionExamines the statutory backdrop for an attorneys authority Analyses the intra-agency relationship, specifically the duties owed by attorneys to their principals (including all-important fiduciary duties), and the rights attorneys may have against their principals. Gives an overview of how the curial jurisdiction at law has been broadened by statuteExplains the means whereby attorneyship can terminate and the moment the termination takes effectRelated TitlesDal Pont, Interpretation of Testamentary Documents, 2nd editionDal Pont, Law of Executors and AdministratorsDal Pont, Law of Agency, 4th editionDal Pont, Law of Succession, 3rd edition Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…