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News and events: Cashing out annual leave On 29 July 2016 the Fair Work Commission (FWC) updated 112 modern workplace awards to allow workers to...
Warning of material risks: Morocz v Marshman
Factual background The patient consulted the cardiothoracic surgeon about her palmar hyperhidrosis (PHH) and was provided with a brochure about the...
Doctor ordered to pay patient $10,000 compensation for privacy breach
The patient and the doctor had been acquainted through their common Islamic faith and their attendance at religious services. In 2011-2012 the...
Tribunal rules professional misconduct for financial exploitation of vulnerable resident
The resident had been with the aged care organisation for many years. She had an acquired brain injury, an intellectual disability and difficulty...
Workplace Bullying in Healthcare Practices
It used to be the case that there was no national legislation prohibiting workplace bullying. This meant that a worker who wanted to pursue a...
Medical negligence; failure of general practitioner to refer plaintiff for specialist treatment
Gulab Khan v Matthew Rathjen [2016] NSWDC 139 is a recent decision concerning a failure of a general practitioner to refer the plaintiff for...
Australian Law Reform Commission releases Issues Paper into Elder Abuse
The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) has released an Issues Paper for inquiry and report into Elder Abuse (found here:...
Employer liable for manager’s belittling conduct
In Eaton v TriCare (Country) Pty Ltd [2016] QCA 139 the Queensland Court of Appeal found that an aged care facility had breached its non-delegable...
Addendum to Parens Patriae Applications – Alive and Well
The Hospital advised that the outcome of the chemotherapy had been pleasing but further chemotherapy alone would not save Oshin’s life and that a...
Guidelines for registered medical practitioners who perform cosmetic medical and surgical procedures
Cosmetic medical and surgical procedures are defined as operations and other procedures that revise or change the appearance, colour, texture,...