Many plaintiffs have made anecdotal comments to their lawyers about the attitude and manner of the medico-legal doctor who has examined them. Two recently reported cases regarding expert witnesses, however, detail conduct that goes beyond the normally complained about behaviour.…
The health lawyers at the Law Office of Conrad Curry were pleased to see the female victims of pelvic mesh win their landmark pelvic mesh class action against Johnson & Johnson.
The case involved more than 1,200 women who …
The Civil Liability Act (NSW) 2002 made it very clear in s27 that a personal injury includes an impairment to a person’s physical or mental condition. Further s29 stated that a plaintiff is not prevented from recovering damages, just …
The American Judge, Cardozo J famously said in the case in Schloendorff v Society of New York Hospital[1]:
…Every human being of adult year and sound mind has a right to determine what shall be done with his
An integral part of the doctor and patient relationship is the notion of consent which is wrapped up with the concept of autonomy. Medical procedures typically involve trauma to the body that would invoke criminal sanctions were they not performed …
An expert report received in a recently successfully litigated case explained the scope of the duty of care doctors have to drug dependent patients who are addicted to prescription medicines.
It is vital that treating practitioners are aware of a …
HCCC prosecution against Dr Emil Gayed
Dr Emil Gayed was a registered medical practitioner and he held a specialty in obstetrics and gynaecology.
From 1990 onward he practised in NSW regional towns and at some hospitals on Sydney’s northern beaches.…
I am originally from Wales in the UK, but went to Liverpool University in the north of England to read for a degree in Classical Studies, which is a study of classical Greek and Roman literature, history and art. Some …
The recent article published in the Medical Journal of Australia (MJA) dated 26 April 2019, highlighted some concerning comments made by Private Healthcare Australia (PHA), the private health insurance industry’s representative body, about caesarean sections which were performed without medical …
HCCC v Drinkwater; HCCC v Lilly; HCCC v Davies; HCCC v Chan [2019] NSWCATOD 39
Facts
The above case concerned the death of a patient, who took her own life, at the Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at Mater Mental …