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No liability in birth injury claim
Nemes v South Eastern Sydney Local Health District [2025] NSWSC 418 concerned the 2016 birth of a baby boy, Benny, at the Royal Hospital for Women....

New Guidelines for Non-Surgical Cosmetic Procedures: What Health Practitioners Need to Know Before 2 September 2025
Two documents have now been published in advance of the 2 September 2025 commencement date: Guidelines for registered health practitioners who...

Court Refuses Appeal Over Doctor’s Suspension – Important Clarification on Immediate Action Powers
This case involved a senior doctor who reported to Perth Children’s Hospital in early 2024 that he may have unintentionally caused injury to his...

Don’t fall at the last hurdle
In Frost v Ambulance Victoria [2025] FWCFB 94, the Full Bench overturned a decision that equated bullying conduct and serious misconduct,...

Flexible Working Requests – Finding the right balance
A recent Fair Work Commission case Aoyama v FLSA Holdings Pty Ltd (C2024/8591) provides guidance on what the Fair Work Commission considers when...

Watch this space – High Court grants special leave to consider future costs of care
The facts of Michael Stewart by his litigation guardian Carol Schwarzman v Metro North Hospital and Health Service are available in our earlier blog...

Ahpra completes first successful prosecution for a failure to provide information as required under Schedule 6 of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law
Background There are multiple provisions of the National Law that give either Ahpra or the National Boards the power to compel individuals to...

Australia’s Privacy Reforms: 5 Essential Steps for Businesses
As Australian Privacy Commissioner Carly Kind emphasised, ‘2025 is going to be a big year for privacy and enforcement action’. Most of the new...

Your Disciplinary Process and Procedure can Cause Psychiatric Injury: Are You Prepared?
This is a significant decision in this area, as the Court set aside the orders of the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Victoria (Court of...
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Rare, But it Does Happen: Terminating a Retirement Village Residence Contract — The Bethanie Group Inc and Kinnane [2023] WASAT 136
By David McMullen and Ryan Hewitt Background The Retirement Villages Act 1992 (WA) (“RV Act”) gives the State Administrative Tribunal (SAT)...