With thanks to Associate Professor Tina Cockburn for drawing my attention to Todd v South Eastern Sydney Local Health District [2021] NSWSC 1288 (on AUSTLII).
The application was in respect of a patient who had been admitted to St…
Continue Reading Medical: Mandatory injunction for medical treatment for post Covid-19 patient.
Webb v Tang [2021] WASC 344 (on Jade).
The appellant was convicted after trial before a Magistrate of one charge that, being a teacher who in the course of his work as a teacher formed the belief on reasonable…
Continue Reading Abuse: Appeal against conviction for failing to report sexual abuse of a child.
Buckley and National Disability Insurance Agency [2021] AATA 3622 (on JADE) is of interest for its consideration of submissions by the Agency that certain equipment sought by the applicant represented ‘value for money’.
The Tribunal at [18] examined the part…
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Kassam v Hazzard; Henry v Hazzard [2021] NSWSC 1320 (on Caselaw) saw the Court dismiss two proceedings which in substance sought orders that certain Covid 19 public health orders were invalid. Justice Beech-Jones, the Chief Judge at Common Law,…
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This matter was heard by the South Australian Civil and Administrative Tribunal on 24 August 2021. The Tribunal found that the medical practitioner engaged in professional misconduct by communicating to make a child amenable to sexual activity. See Medical Board…
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Although not a medical group proceeding, of interest is today’s decision in Bolitho v Banksia Securities Ltd (No 18) (remitter) [2021] VSC 666, available from the Supreme Court library.
As explained in a summary of the judgment, Justice John…
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The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists has published a position statement (103) on mental health needs of persons experiencing gender dysphoria.
The position statement touches on ethical and medicolegal issues in part:
Health professionals should also be…
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With thanks to Mathisha Panagoda for drawing my attention to Lonergan v Trustees of The Sisters of Saint Joseph & Anor [2021] VSC 651.
The decision arose from allegations of historical sexual abuse of a child by a priest, in…
Continue Reading Abuse: Earlier settlement & offset of monies received.
PCB v Geelong College [2021] VSC 633 (available on AUSTLII).
In late 1988 when he was in Year 8, the plaintiff first attended the ‘House of Guilds’, which was on the grounds of the senior campus of the Geelong…
Continue Reading Abuse: Whether perpetrator an employee + vicarious liability.
WM v CEO for Department of Communities [2021] WASC 325 (on JADE) was an appeal from a protection order made by a Magistrate when a child (TM) was an inpatient at the Perth Children’s Hospital having been admitted to…
Continue Reading Appeal from protection order against background of gender dysphoria.
