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Case summary | High Court examines standard of care in medical claim
The key issues The case concerned two issues: Whether the treating officer had considered the administration of adrenaline in accordance with the...
Case summary | Plaintiff given leave to proceed direct against MDO
The NSW District Court granted leave for a Plaintiff to join the defendant’s medical indemnity organisation as a named second defendant. The key...
Employment risk planning in a time of COVID
Situations like this give an opportunity to pause and consider “what challenges might Western Australian employers face” in a similar situation. In...
JobKeeper response to Victoria’s second wave
Government’s announcement on 7 August 2020 Further to our alert on 28 July 2020, the Federal Government announced on 7 August 2020 that they are...
Case summary | Parens patriae – Court permits chemotherapy for child where parents decline to consent
The key issue Whether the Supreme Court of NSW should make orders which would permit the Hospital to administer proposed chemotherapy to a young boy...
Case summary | Tribunal found to have misinterpreted evidence of experts
The key issues Whether the NSW Tribunal: applied the correct statutory test; and misinterpreted the expert evidence in finding that a cardiologist...
Case summary | Unsuccessful appeal by patient who suffered further stroke after receiving treatment in hospital
The key issues Whether it was negligent of the hospital and treating doctor to administer the treatments; and Whether the treatments caused the...
JobKeeper and the 2nd wave: What should I know?
JobKeeper and JobSeeker changes The JobKeeper and JobSeeker Coronavirus Supplement have been extended until 28 March 2021 and 31 December 2020,...
Sitting on a ‘voluntary’ Board – membership may be voluntary, but legal duties are not
The main duties The Corporations Act and Associations Incorporation Act impose duties which overlap the general law to varying degrees. The...
New Directions for WA Residential Aged Care Providers
The Western Australian government has just issued further directions to residential aged care providers regarding the visitors permitted to...