I read with interest the article in last weekend’s Sydney Morning Herald concerning Ian Harris’s recent book.
In the interests of full disclosure, Ian is an orthopaedic surgeon from whom we commonly seek advice, as an independent expert to review
I read with interest the article in last weekend’s Sydney Morning Herald concerning Ian Harris’s recent book.
In the interests of full disclosure, Ian is an orthopaedic surgeon from whom we commonly seek advice, as an independent expert to review…
Coincidentally, in month or so before Christmas I have handled pre-trial settlement negotiations in relation to 2 similar cases, in the sense they both involved negligence allegations which it was claimed had led to the death of my clients life…
My impression is that there has been an increase in recent times of cases presented before our District Court in which claimants have represented themselves, without a lawyer.
A sobering example of the dangers of this course, is the New South Wales Supreme…
I read with interest the recent article in The Guardian provided an update as to the ever escalating rate of cesarean section births in Australia. The article makes all of the well-known [predictable?] arguments in favor of natural delivery.
It…
Western Australia’s Court of Appeal in its decision AME Hospitals PTY, Limited v. Dixon [2015] WASCA 63, delivered on 27 March 2015, confirmed, particularly relevantly in the medical negligence claims area, significant scope for persons to bring claim outside the basic…
The UK has recently altered its position in relation to the important question of a doctor’s obligations to warn their patients concerning risks of treatment.
Preceding the decision in Montgomery v. Lanarkshire Health Board [2015] UKSC 11, delivered on 11…
I read with interest the Queensland Court of Appeal’s recent decision in relation to this matter. The Court of Appeal by a 2:1 majority overturned the trial judge’s earlier rejection of this medical negligence claim.
The case involved allegations of…
I read with interest recent medical literature, reporting on research at Johns Hopkins, emphasising the role of a 3rd factor in cancer incidence.
Debate has traditionally focussed on the ‘environmental -v- hereditary’ nature of many cancers. New research, as reported,…
We have recently agreed to act on behalf of a client who has suffered significant irreparable facial scarring/disfigurement as a consequence of dermal fillers, she underwent earlier this year @ a slick, web-advertising, brochure wielding, ‘wellness’ clinic in Perth’s metro…
Courtesy of my colleague (and friend) Bill Madden, I note the NSW Government has issued a Policy Directive in relation to Open Disclosure, a copy of which can be found here.
I note with interest, the “MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS” of…