Insights On Medical Negligence Issues From The Perth Area And Throughout Australia
Makaroff v Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District is a recent NSWCA medical negligence decision.
Most of the decision involves a re-examination and somewhat surprisingly, a different conclusion as to liability on the part of the health service, with the CoA finding in the patient’s favour (by a 2:1 majority). The majority found that hospital…
I read with interest an article in the MJA earlier this month, which comments on the status of the ‘peer defence,’ introduced, in WA, via the Civil Liability Act section 5PB(1). This section, provides that:
An act or omission of a health professional is not a negligent act or omission if it is in accordance with
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