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Practical information about medical negligence and personal injury claims, including your rights, your options and what you can do next.
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Looking for Clear Answers
About Your Legal Rights?
Practical information about medical negligence and personal injury claims, including your rights, your options and what you can do next.
When Hip Replacement Surgery Goes Wrong
Each year in Australia, over 50 000 total hip replacement surgeries are performed. This is a 95% increase in the number of total hip replacement surgeries since 2002. The increased demand for hip replacement surgery is partly a result of Australia’s ageing population,...
IVF – Egg and embryo freezing
The procedure of egg-freezing has been described as ‘costly and emotionally fraught.’ Nonetheless, many women are choosing to freeze their eggs today. In fact, there has been a 1000% increase in the number of women in Australia and New Zealand choosing to freeze their...
Birth Trauma and Medical Negligence in NSW – ‘What I wish I had known’
Many of our clients report to us after they or their baby suffered an injury following a traumatic childbirth that they wished they had known beforehand the realities of childbirth. While thankfully many childbirths progress normally without the mother or baby...
When Cosmetic Surgery Goes Wrong
Cosmetic surgery is a surgical procedure that changes the structure and appearance of a person’s body without a medical reason to do so. Examples of cosmetic surgery procedures include: Breast implants Liposuction Face lifts Tummy tucks Vaginal rejuvenation –...
Birth trauma, consent and the burden of hidden injuries
Maternal birth trauma has featured quite heavily in the news following the NSW government’s enquiry into its causes and the injuries suffered by women. This is an emerging area and one where women are feeling more empowered to be more involved in planning their...
Nervous Shock and Pure Mental Harm
Pure Mental Harm Injuries following witnessing a serious accident or being a family member of a person who was killed or put in peril by another’s negligence What are pure mental harm injuries? Cases for pure mental harm, sometimes called nervous shock cases, arise in...
SEPSIS AND ITS LEGAL IMPLICATIONS
What is Sepsis? Sepsis is when an infection develops into a life-threatening emergency. Chemicals are released into the blood stream which cause body wide inflammation to develop. The inflammation causes further problems and can cause multiple organ...
The Ugly Side of Cosmetic Surgery
The cosmetic surgery industry thrives by giving its customers the hope that they can improve and enhance their looks and reverse the signs of ageing. There are litany of procedures and products which promise to help the customer achieve the desired changes in their...
Gynaecological Negligence or Malpractice
Gynaecological negligence or malpractice is a difficult area of medical law and one which is related to significant injuries for women when this type of surgery goes wrong. In this blog, we will explore the different contexts where gynaecological negligence can...
Medical Negligence: Preeclampsia and associated complications in later pregnancy
In this blog we explore the common pregnancy complication of preeclampsia and the possible injuries to the mother and baby, that can occur, if the condition is not diagnosed and managed correctly. What is pre-eclampsia? Pre-eclampsia is a condition which some pregnant...
Tragedy once again at Blacktown Hospital’s birthing unit as a sixth baby loses his life
An investigation is being undertaken at Blacktown Hospital in relation to the unexpected death of a baby at its maternity unit. This is the sixth unexpected death of a baby in two years. The death of a baby is a terribly tragic event and one which will affect...
Dental Negligence Claims: Examples and Compensation
We frequently see enquiries from clients who have concerns about treatment they have received from a dentist. Dental matters can be wide ranging in terms of their seriousness and impact on the patient. What is a simple dental claim? These sorts of matters...
Instrumental births, perineal tears and pelvic organ prolapse
There is frequently an association between perineal tearing and instrumental deliveries. An instrumental delivery will involve the use of forceps or a ventouse. In a forceps delivery, a tool which looks like a pair of salad servers, will be placed on...