Medical Negligence Forum
Issues covered include: Health Practitioners and Hospitals in Investigations and Inquests, Misdiagnosis and Failure to Diagnose, Disciplinary Matters: AHPRA and VCAT, NDIS, Breach of Duty and Causation.
Description
Join 8 of the leading medical negligence practitioners for 5 timely, efficient and information-packed sessions that will keep you up to date on the latest medical negligence cases, the most useful strategies for your matters, and the hottest developments in increasingly important areas such as delay and misdiagnosis and NDIS. Being across all these areas isn’t just advantageous for a successful practice, it’s absolutely necessary.
Attend and earn 4 CPD units in Substantive Law
This seminar was recorded in VIC on 28 March 2019
Chair: Karen Cusack, Commissioner, Victorian Health Complaints Commissioner
9.00am to 9.05am Opening Comments by the Chair
9.05am to 9.50am: Representing Health Practitioners and Hospitals in Investigations and Inquests
- Investigations that may not become inquests
- Preparing for inquest
Presented by Jane Fiske, Partner, Lander & Rogers; Preeminent Medical Negligence and Malpractice Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2017 and Naomi Hodgson, Barrister, Dever’s List
9.50am to 10.35am: Consequences of Delay, Misdiagnosis and Failure to Diagnose
- Navigating the system: public/private
- Problems of proof: importance of documentation, pathology & diagnostic imaging
- Loss of chance of a better outcome
- Causation and negligent misdiagnosis
Presented by Elizabeth Kennedy, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
10.35am to 11.20am: Disciplinary Matters: AHPRA and VCAT – Regulatory Developments and Recent Cases
- A snapshot of recent regulatory developments
- Proposed reforms to the national law
- Recent disciplinary cases in VCAT
Presented by Ben Hall, Partner, Carter Newell Lawyers: Accredited Commercial Litigation Specialist
11.20am to 11.35am Morning Tea
11.35am to 12.20pm: NDIS and Medical Negligence Claims: How do These Claims Interact?
The interaction between the NDIS and existing forms of compensation is not well understood and there are a number of changes and challenges that both Plaintiff and Defendant practitioners should be aware of. This talk will cover both procedural and strategic issues arising from the NDIS, including repayments, future reductions, discovery and compromised claims.
Presented by Tom Ballantyne, Principal Lawyer, Maurice Blackburn Lawyers; Accredited Specialist in Personal Injury Law; Leading Medical Negligence Compensation Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2018
12.20pm to 1.05pm: Catching Up: The Latest in Breach of Duty and Causation
An outline of the latest cases and legislative developments in the world of medical liability law.
Presented by Mary Anne Hartley QC, Dever’s List and Paul Lamb, Barrister, Dever’s List
1.05pm to 1.15pm Final Q&A and Closing Comments by the Chair