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Professional Opinions – how much weight do they carry?

Hopes of helpful review of the current interpretation of the words “competent professional practice” as they appear in section 5O…

Sparks v Hobson; Gray v Hobson [2018] NSWCA 29: Is this a prelude to the expansion of the peer professional opinion defence in NSW?

A recent decision by the NSW Court of Appeal has given rise to hopes that the current interpretation of the…

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…

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,…

Proving residual working capacity: a defendant’s burden to bear

If there was any doubt as to who bears the burden of proof when assessing the residual earning capacity of…
Case Note

Pitfalls of crossing the boundaries

Two decisions by the New South Wales Civil and Administrative Tribunal (the Tribunal) in 2017 have conveyed a firm warning…

Foresights: Public liability

Risky recreation: Nevena Brown, Principal at Meridian Lawyers, tells us how this NSW Court of Appeal case impacts on reliance on the…

Spotlight on Fitness: an overview of Australian Consumer Law

On 1 January 2011 the Australian Consumer Law (ACL) introduced some significant changes to the obligations on suppliers of services…

e-health: A new frontier for health practitioners

From 1 July 2012, all Australians can register for their own personally controlled electronic health (eHealth) record. Initially, an eHealth…
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