Julie McStay

Julie McStay is a Director and leader of the aged care and retirement living group at Hynes Legal.

Julie is a specialist in the industry and acts for a large range of private and not for profit aged care providers and retirement living operators. She provides advice on the sale and acquisition of aged care facilities and nursing homes, managing major incidents and  all regulatory compliance matters.

Julie provides advice to Leading Age Services Australia (LASA) and LASA Qld, having advised them at a federal and state level on the Living Longer Living Better (LLLB) reforms. Hynes Legal is the only law firm recommend by LASA at a national level to their members.

Julie has a Masters of Law with a major in health law and the majority of her post graduate work focused on end of life decision making for people with impaired capacity. She is also a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Julie was recently selected for the third consecutive year, in the ‘Best Lawyers International list’ as a leading lawyer in Australia in ‘Retirement Villages and Senior Living Law’.

Julie is also a founding Director of Simply Legal. Simply Legal is an online based source of high quality documents that caters specifically to the aged care industry. Simply Legal includes resident agreements and home care agreements. The resident agreements, home care agreements and other documents available on Simply Legal are the only legal documents and agreements recommended by LASA nationally to their members.