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Case summary | Practitioner’s registration cancelled for inappropriate pre-operative, surgical and post-operative cosmetic care
The background The case relates to the performance and conduct of a practitioner who carried out cosmetic surgery, principally breast augmentation...
Case summary | GP successful in appealing immediate action suspension pending rape trial
The key issue Whether, and if so what, immediate action should be taken against Dr Kelvin Vo, following an allegation made to police and notified to...
Case summary | Hospital appeal in negligent birth claim dismissed
The key issue This appeal concerned the issue of causation, specifically whether the developmental and cognitive impairments suffered by the...
Case summary | GP suspended for posting extreme views on social media has appeal dismissed
The key issue The key issue in this case was whether there was a reasonable basis for the Board to take immediate action in relation to social media...
Case summary | Optometrist found guilty of professional misconduct after altering sight records
The background The case relates to an optometrist (the respondent) who was alleged to have changed the results of sight tests entered by another...
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...