Medical Negligence: Current Issues
Issues covered include: inherent risks of treatment, breach of duty and causation, delay, misdiagnosis, failure to diagnose, euthanasia, medical products, product liability, class actions, regulatory matters
Description
Join 7 of the leading medical negligence practitioners for 6 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. 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 NSW on 1 March 2019
Chair: Francesca Menniti, Principal, McCabe Curwood Lawyers; Preeminent Medical Negligence and Malpractice Compensation Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2017
9.00am to 9.05am Opening Comments by the Chair
9.05am to 9.25am: Opening Address: Inherent Risks of Treatment
Presented by Dr Duncan Graham SC, Maurice Byers Chambers
9.25am to 10.10am: Catching Up: The Latest in Breach of Duty and Causation
Recent authorities discussing key provisions of the Civil Liability Act, including sections 5I, 5O and 5DI.
Presented by Ian Butcher, Barrister, Maurice Byers Chambers
10.10am to 10.50am: Consequences of Delay, Misdiagnosis and Failure to Diagnose
- Problems of proof
- The importance of documentation
- Recent case law and examples from practice
Presented by Ngaire Watson, Barrister, 2 Selborne Chambers
10.50am to 11.05am Morning Tea
11.05am to 11.55am: Current Controversies in Medical Practice: Euthanasia, Female Genital Cosmetic Surgery, Transgender Health and Conscientious Objection
Address a selection of topical ethical issues in contemporary medicine and consider the legal implications for the medical profession and your practice.
Presented by Anna Walsh, Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Notre Dame
11.55am to 12.30pm: Medical Products, Product Liability and Class Actions: Prospects and Pitfalls
- New medical technologies and potential liability for defective devices and drugs
- Lessons from recent class action litigation arising out of defective drugs and devices
- Distinguishing product liability claims against manufacturers and suppliers of defective drugs and devices and medical negligence claims against health care providers
Presented by Dr Peter Cashman, Barrister, Third Floor Wentworth Chambers; Professor of Law (Social Justice), Sydney Law School; Best Lawyers 2019, Class Action Litigation
12.30pm to 1.10pm: Disciplinary Matters: AHPRA and NCAT: Recent Cases and Practice
- Professional conduct and disciplinary claims in the Occupational Division of NCAT
- Legal basis for such claims
- How and by whom they are brought
- Determination, evidence and possible outcomes
- Recent cases
Presented by Elisa Tringali, Barrister, 13th Floor St James Hall
1.10pm to 1.15pm Final Q&A and Closing Comments by the Chair