As our clients will all be well aware, Victorian courts have presently suspended jury trials until further notice in response…
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Apr 1, 2020
INSIGHT: Professional Services in New South Wales – approval is required
Professional services rooms are defined in Schedule 5F of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW) (National Law) as “premises…
Apr 1, 2020
INSIGHT: Bushfire Emergency Declaration
The Privacy (Australian Bushfires Disaster) Emergency Declaration (No 1) 2020 came into force on 20 January 2020 in response to…
Mar 25, 2020
INSIGHT: A wrongful birth case study: Nouri v Australian Capital Territory [2020] ACTCA 1
The Australian Capital Territory Court of Appeal (ACT CoA) has recently issued a decision in a wrongful birth case, exploring…
Mar 5, 2020
INSIGHT: Health practitioner seeks help from the Federal Court to uncover identity of negative Google reviewer
Meridian Lawyers regularly assists health practitioners to respond to queries or complaints by AHPRA about their online advertising. In the…
Mar 3, 2020
INSIGHT: Dentist seeks help from the Federal Court to uncover identity of negative Google reviewer
Meridian Lawyers regularly assists health practitioners to respond to queries or complaints by AHPRA about their online advertising. In the…
Mar 3, 2020
INSIGHT: Help! I’m being Audited
Do you know what to do if your business is selected for a review or audit? Receiving notice of a…
Feb 21, 2020
INSIGHT: AHPRA releases revised Guidelines for Mandatory Notifications about registered health practitioners
On 21 February 2020, the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) released revised guidelines in anticipation of changes to mandatory…
Feb 13, 2020
INSIGHT: Regulation of unregistered health practitioners in WA – is the current system adequate?
The mechanisms for complaints and statutory protections available for health care consumers, vary across Australia. In order to better protect…
Feb 10, 2020
INSIGHT: Audio and Video Records – are they legal?
It may seem an easier way in this technologically savvy world we inhabit, to simply record information or other data…
Jan 31, 2020
INSIGHT: Soutorine and The Medical Board of Australia [2020] WASAT 5
Facts Mikhail Soutorine is a medical practitioner (the practitioner). In November 2019, the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) on…