Medical and Health
Diverse Expertise & Unique Understanding
Medical & Health
We have a passion and understanding of medical and health professional industry which sets us apart from our peers. We also bring to this unique area of work combination of diverse experience in commercial matters.
Therefore, we have consulted on such diverse matters such as; a public listing on the stock exchange for medical centres, defamation proceedings for online medical reviews, defended class actions in cosmetic surgery, attended regulatory hearings across all Australian states (Medical Council, HCCC, AHPRA, Medical Ombudsman), including selected medical negligence personal injury cases and privacy breaches releasing patient information.
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Outstanding Results Flow From Our Deeper Understanding
We are committed to this area of practice and have achieved some outstanding results in a relatively short period. Our strategic difference is that we have a fresh revitalising approach to medicolegal matters.
Some of our senior lawyers have grown up in third generation medical families and understand not only the law, but how how to best handle the impact on medical professionals, patients or medicolegal insurance companies.
Our Medico-Legal Senior Lawyers
Jaswinder (Jas) Sekhon
Jaswinder has a fresh revitalizing approach to law which has led to outstanding results. Admitted to practice as a solicitor/barrister in four countries, with over 30 years’ experience in wealth, finance, tax, trusts, funds, and structures. Jas equally enjoys strategic work for clients in disputes, emerging, criminal or family law.
Jennifer Cheal
As the practice director, Jennifer is a consummate professional and simply an outstanding lawyer. She has a great eye for relevant detail and yet also a wonderful sense of perspective in devising and implementing legal strategies.
Medical and Health – Outstanding Results
Key Achievements
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- Regulatory, tribunals and courts
We deal extensively with administrative bodies including professional councils, HCCC, Medicare, the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, the Administrative Decisions Tribunal/VCAT/SACAT/QCAT and NCAT, the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA), the Therapeutic Goods Association ("TGA") and the Australian Human Rights Commission. - Biotech and health commercialisation
We have assisted in commercialising some of Australia's greatest biotech achievements. The commercialisation of intellectual property in the areas of biotech and media is of particular note as it showcases some of our taxation, fund, structured finance and commercial expertise. Notable deals include the commercialisation of the HPV vaccine – Gardasill and the Advanced MRI systems. - Seamless integration of diverse practice areas-strategy and outstanding results.
Commercially focused evaluation of strategy is our key differentiator. We are able to achieve this because we bring expertise from diverse areas to focus on medicolegal and health matters. We are not just senior lawyers that have done regulatory work for 30 years and therefore have no understanding of commercial matters. Our senior legal team oversees and discusses every medicolegal and health matter the matter who your responsible lawyer is. We review our strategy at every stage to ensure that the financial and emotional costs are objectively considered by our clients and this leads to outstanding results in any legal matters that we undertake.
- Regulatory, tribunals and courts
Specific Medico-Legal Expertise
- Medical class actions and personal injury
- Medico-legal reform issues and submissions
- Representing medico-indemnity insurers companies such as in various matters
- Defamation and related matters avoiding online assessments of health providers
- Cosmetic and plastic surgery procedures generally
- Mental health and abuse claims against health practitioners
- Defending professional negligence claims
- Defending public liability claims
- Advising on disciplinary matters and litigation
- Advising and defending sexual assault claims
- Managing discrimination complaints
- Advising and defending on private health fund and Medicare investigations
- Advising on the acquisition and sale of medical/dental/health businesses
- Specific expertise in medical and health
- Advising on retail leases, lease disputes and retail leases legislation
- Advising on and managing business restructures
- Advice on entering, exiting or establishing partnerships, including business
- Succession planning for health professionals
- Resolving partnership, shareholder or unit holder disputes
- Domestic and international tax planning and litigation
- Managing unfair dismissal claims, general protection disputes, bullying and discrimination claims
- Employee misconduct and performance management advice
- Preparation and review of employment contracts and workplace policies and the enforcement of post-employment restraint objectives.
Notable Medico-Legal Client Matters
Acted for and defended a GP and to mitigate damages and fallout from any finding of sexual assault alleged by patients cosmetic surgeon
Acted for a GP in allegations of overcharging
Acted for a cosmetic surgeon who was "raided" by a team of medical inspectors following conditions imposed that he not treat women.
Acted for a GP who had been removed from practice because of mental issues following alcoholism
Acted for an obstetrician and gynaecologist in numerous cases involving the use of forceps and ventouse delivery
Acted for an obstetrician and gynaecologist in numerous cases involving the use of forceps and ventouse delivery
Acted for GP in Western Australia on various conditions imposed
Acted for another holistic practitioner/GP/ nutritionalistwho was accused of improper record keeping
Acted for a orthopaedic surgeon who practised as a GP and had complaints made against him because of early the onset of Parkinson's disease
Acted for a GP on misleading statements made on a website concerning vitamin C and other procedures
Acted for a junior doctor on criminal charges and the disclosure to a AHPRA
Acted for a junior doctor on criminal charges and the disclosure to a AHPRA
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