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Shifting landscape – Insurance law firms are experiencing unprecedented change as the sector evolves

Published in insuranceNEWS April/May 2018. As has been widely reported, insurer margins are under pressure as a result of increased…

How Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) may impact your business

From 1 November 2018 (changed from the initial start date of 1 July 2018), AFCA will start accepting consumer complaints…

Unfair Contract Protections Capture Standard Contract Loans to Small Businesses

Lending to a small business under a standard form loan contract will be susceptible to new unfair contract terms protections…

Are Financial Service Providers prepared for the mandatory data breach notification regime?

From 22 February 2018, mandatory data breach notification will apply to any individual or organisation regulated by the Privacy Act…

NSW Health Services Organisations face key changes to Root Cause Analysis procedures

Recently passed amendments to the Health Administration Act 1982 (NSW)[1] have been celebrated by the NSW government as an improvement…

Supreme Court of Victoria confirms availability of statutory privilege over clinical records in VCAT

In a not uncontroversial decision by the Supreme Court of Victoria late last year, the doorway to statutory privilege over…

National registration of paramedics – mandatory notifications: what paramedics need to know about their mandatory reporting obligations

With national registration of paramedics set to commence later this year, paramedics should start to familiarise themselves with the obligations…

Overhaul gets the go ahead for mandatory reporting laws regarding treating healthcare professionals

On Friday 13 April 2018, the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) Health Council meeting of Australia’s health ministers unanimously agreed…

Insurance Broker Remuneration – 5 Legal Considerations

1. Commission Documentation Brokers should ensure that all commission, remuneration and financial benefit arrangements with insurers is appropriately documented…

Misleading Advertising in Financial Services

Financial services providers need to take care to ensure that their advertising does not mislead consumers and that any qualification…

Reflections on a recent experience with ‘hot tubbing’ in the Coroners Court

‘Hot tubbing’ expert witnesses has been a growing trend in the Victorian judicial system and particularly in the Supreme Court…

Outrage as junior UK doctor is convicted of manslaughter and struck off

Introduction The UK case involving Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba, a junior doctor convicted of manslaughter and subsequently struck off the UK…

Accepting gifts from patients – before you partake of that bottle of wine, stop and consider a few factors

Most GPs experience infrequent offers of gifts from their patients over the course of their career. Occasional gifts of wine,…

Victoria to roll out real-time prescription monitoring system in 2018

In response to a growing number of deaths and harm resulting from the misuse of prescription medicines in Victoria, the…

Medical Board seeks community input on revised sexual boundaries guidelines

The Medical Board of Australia (MBA) is currently taking submissions regarding changes it proposes to make to the existing guidelines…

Meridian Lawyers bolsters its property and commercial leasing practice in Sydney

Meridian Lawyers announced this week that it has appointed Penny Evans as a Principal to the firm’s Sydney property and commercial practice. Penny joins Meridian from…

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