Join Adeline Schiralli of Southern Waters Legal for a comprehensive lunch and learn walkthrough of the new rules, practical risk areas, and the key issues solicitors must consider when guiding clients into (and out of) retirement village contracts. Stay current, confident, and compliant in this evolving space.

Key topics covered:

• Types of Tenure under Retirement Village Contracts
• Fees and charges
• Exiting requirements
• Key considerations, including estate planning implications

This webinar is ideal for lawyers advising older clients, including estate planning practitioners, property lawyers, elder law specialists, and general practitioners who regularly review or explain retirement village contracts. It’s also valuable for solicitors supporting families navigating aged care decisions or long-term accommodation planning. Suitable for practitioners across all NSW jurisdictions.

This webinar is produced in NSW and features a NSW-based educator. This webinar is ideal for all practitioners in NSW however, it may be appealing to interstate practitioners.  

The time listed for this course is Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT). Please take note of any time differences if you are registering from QLD, WA, SA, NT or from outside Australia. 

The course complies with the mandatory requirement of Substantive Law (1 point). 

If you intend to claim CPD units for this educational activity, please note that CPD activities are not accredited by the Law Society of NSW or any other equivalent local authority, with the exception of Western Australia. If you hold a practising certificate in a state or territory other than Western Australia and this educational activity extends your knowledge and skills in areas that are relevant to your practice needs or professional development, then you should claim one (1) "unit” for each hour of attendance, refreshment breaks not included. The annual requirement is ten (10) CPD units each year from 1 April to 31 March. Some practitioners, such as accredited specialists are required to complete more than ten (10) units each CPD year.

Practitioners holding WA practising certificates are not eligible to earn CPD points for this course.

Adeline Schiralli
Special Counsel, Southern Waters Legal

Adeline Schiralli is an Accredited Specialist in Wills & Estates Law and a highly regarded solicitor in estate planning and elder law. She provides strategic and compassionate advice across all aspects of succession and capacity planning, including Wills, Powers of Attorney, Enduring Guardianships, superannuation death benefit nominations, structuring control of entities, as well as retirement village and aged care agreements.

Adeline joined Southern Waters Legal as Special Counsel in April 2025. Prior to this, she was a Consulting Principal at Keypoint Law and the Legal Practitioner Director of her own firm, Schiralli Pty Ltd. She holds a Master of Laws (Applied Law) with a major in Wills & Estates. Adeline has been consistently recognised in Doyle’s Guide as a ‘Recommended’ lawyer in the category of Leading Wills, Estates & Succession Planning Lawyers (NSW) from 2021 to 2024, and was named a ‘Rising Star’ in 2017.

 She is actively involved in shaping the future of estate law in NSW. Adeline is a member of the Law Society of NSW’s Elder Law, Capacity & Succession Committee, and currently serves as Chair of the Specialist Accreditation Wills & Estates Advisory Committee. She also lectures in the College of Law’s Master of Laws (Applied Law) program in both the Wills & Estates and Estate Planning majors.

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