Our specialist medical negligence lawyers have extensive experience with claims involving orthopaedic negligence.
Orthopaedics is the medical specialty that focuses on the musculoskeletal system. This includes bones, muscles, joints, tendons and ligaments. Orthopaedic surgeons perform surgeries such as repairing broken …
Traumatic births frequently lead women to consider whether there are any legal avenues for redress, particularly where the mother and/ or the baby are left with challenging injuries. Mothers are motivated by a number of factors, some of these are:…
Incident investigations in NSW public hospitals are required when there are poor outcomes and adverse clinical incidents. The reporting and investigation of poor outcomes and adverse clinical incidents are important to maintaining and improving the quality of the provision of …
Limitation periods in the medical negligence arena were a feature of the recently decided Supreme Court decision of his Honour Walton J in Lewicki v Hunter New England Local Health District [2020] NSWSC 1037 . This matter gives important guidance …
Ghosh v Medical Council of NSW [2020] NSWCA 122
The Medical Council has the power to suspend or impose conditions on a doctor’s registration if it is satisfied that it is appropriate to do so for the protection of the …
A frequent medical negligence issue we see relates to poor communication in radiology and pathology reporting where a failure to report all the findings of diagnostic tests results results in severe outcomes for the patient.
Radiology scans which include: X-Ray, …
If you think you have a claim for compensation as the result of personal injury, it is important that you act quickly to instruct solicitors and obtain sound advice before the expiry of the Limitation Period.
The Legislation
In NSW …
The Medical Council of NSW has taken what has been described as an unprecedented decision to imposed severe conditions on the practice of Royal Prince Alfred cardiothoracic surgeon Michael Byrom according to an article in The Australian by Natasha Robinson…
Breast augmentation is a type of cosmetic surgery which involves having implants inserted underneath the breasts. Many women choose to undergo breast augmentation to enlarge their breasts, restore volume after weight reduction or breast feeding, even the appearance of asymmetrical …
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 …