CASE: NMBA v Kumar [2019] VCAT 1099

This case involved an application by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia bringing allegations of professional misconduct against Ms Abha Kumar.

Mr Lionel Cox was 92 years old when he was admitted for respite care at Cambridge house, where Ms Kumar was a nurse unit manager. On his first day there, Ms Kumar found out that Lionel did not have any family, owned a house in Fitzroy and did not have a Will. 

Within a three weeks, Ms Kumar had purchased a post-office Will Kit and arranged for Lionel to sign a Will leaving his entire estate to her. Only a week later, Lionel died and Ms Kumar inherited his estate worth about $1,150,000. 

The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia investigated and charged Ms Kumar with professional misconduct in her dealings with Lionel and the suspicious circumstances in which his Will was executed. 

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