Legal and Regulatory Issues for the Health Sector: Defamation and the Health Sector
A health check for health care practitioners regarding your rights when subjected to criticism online, to the regulator or elsewhere. You will gain knowledge of what is defamation, how the laws may or may not assist you to prevent the criticism plus other forms of relief, what evidence is required to succeed and how much money might be awarded. WEB246N08F
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD unit in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Chair: Robert Samut, Principal, Barry Nilsson
12.00pm to 1.00pm What You Need to Know about Defamation Before You Pay the Lawyers
- What is this thing called…Defamation and those who practice on it?
- The tyranny of a less than glowing social media review about you
- Recent changes to legislation and their effects on you
- How to deal with defamatory publications
- But there has been a report to AHPRA!
- Where the real fight often is: Defences
- Damages: quantum and the American version: QUANTUM!
- Victory may be sweet but can be Pyrrhic
Presented by Darren Bracken, Barrister, Foley’s List