This website provides updates on medical law and related issues, mostly in Australia. It is maintained by Bill Madden.
He is a lawyer in private practice in Australia, a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law and also an Adjunct Fellow at the School of Law and at the School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, an Adjunct Professor at the Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Queensland University of Technology and a Senior Fellow, Melbourne Law Masters, University of Melbourne.
Contested applications for interim payment are not commonly seen, but that issue arose in Sripathi v Central Coast Local Health District [2022] NSWSC 378 (on Caselaw).
The plaintiff alleged that he sustained catastrophic injuries as the result of the…
MDCT and National Disability Insurance Agency [2022] AATA 697 (on JADE).
The issue in this matter was whether or not the Respondent should fund the cost of building steps in a backyard with egress to terraces and a jetty…
Re: Rowan [2022] FedCFamC1F 134 (on JADE).
This was an application by a mother for various parenting orders in relation to the child Rowan, aged 17 years, who was born female but identifies as male.
Rowan had been diagnosed…
CDC Clinics Pty Ltd v Daemolzekr [2022] VSCA 54 (on AUSTLII).
The respondent attended the applicant’s clinic (the ‘CDC Clinic’) in order to undergo laser treatment to remove tattoos from each of her forearms. A County Court judge found that…
YHPS and National Disability Insurance Agency [2021] AATA 5456 (on JADE).
There was no dispute that the Applicant, Mr B, required the care of a Registered Nurse and/or Disability Support Workers 24 hours per day, seven days per week. …
Twelve National Boards have published an advance copy of their revised shared Code of conduct (the code) and are encouraging practitioners to familiarise themselves with it before it comes into effect on 29 June 2022.
The code applies to the following…
Tapp v Australian Bushmen’s Campdraft & Rodeo Association [2022] HCA 11 (on the High Court website)
Media release text:
Today, the High Court, by majority (Gordon, Edelman & Gleeson JJ with Kiefel CJ & Keane J dissenting), allowed an…
Hosted tonight Monday 4 April 2022 by the Clinical Ethics and Health Law Group (Newcastle) is a Zoom session by Dr Peter Saul entitled “Triage – Battle of Jena to the COVID pandemic’“.
Login details are as follows:
Linkhttps://uonewcastle.zoom.us/j/83538225274?pwd=NGpYdEQxUjFYMkFOQkVrVEtDNVBIUT09
HYY (Guardianship) [2022] VCAT 97 (on AUSTLII).
With thanks to Paul Mangopoulos for drawing my attention to this matter, which required the Tribunal to consider when and how an appointed guardian can authorise the use of forcible physical restraint…
Unfortunately there is little information on this recent news report, however the British Medical Association has published a note to the effect that a number of solicitors had been threatening doctors with legal action if a doctor did not provide…
