To complete the journey, can confirm that the special leave argument on this case, mentioned in earlier posts, was dismissed by the High Court on 16 August 2013.  The court did not required counsel for the respondent to make oral submissions…  Clearly they believe the Court of Appeal got it right..

I recently sat in to watch several key portions of a well-publicised medical negligence trial, held in Perth in late 2011.

As with most such cases, each party called and relied upon leading expert medical witnesses, to comment on the quality of medical care and advice the patient received. In this case, because of the

Odd and uncomfortable territory for a lawyer to touch upon…

As is now a matter of public record, I act for Saba Button and her parents in relation to her claim arising because of her terrible complications from the flu-vax in 2010.

There has been recent media interest in the fact an approach has been