Update your knowledge and understanding of the current approach of AHPRA and the Medical Board combined with an analysis of coronial referrals to the regulator.
9.00am to 10.00am Judicial Review in Medical Law: From Professional Services Review to AHPRA
- Judicial Review and Jurisdictional Error
- Outcomes in Judicial Review
- Application to PSR investigations, Medical Panel assessments and challenging regulatory guidelines
Presented by Rob Muir, Partner, HWL Ebsworth
Professional Skills
10.00am to 11.00am Legal Guidance for the Health Practitioner facing an AHPRA Investigation: Not Just the Law
- Taking a step back to identify what this health practitioner needs, including asking the questions:
i. What does the legal advisor need to provide to the health practitioner right now?
ii. What are their goals for the future?
iii. How is the advice going to impact them in 5, 10, 15 years?
iv. What kind of character are they?
- Deciding on the strategy, from total silence to radical honesty (and everything in between)
Presented by Marion Isobel, Barrister, Green’s List
Description
Attend and earn 3 CPD units including
2 CPD units in Substantive Law
1 CPD unit in Professional Skills
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Chair
Dr Owen Bradfield, Chief Medical Officer, Medical Indemnity Protection Society
11.00am to 11.15am Morning Break
11.15am to 12.15pm Review of Coronial Referrals to Regulators
- An examination of the issues when a medical setting death is reportable to the coroner
- Analysis of the various definitions of medical setting reportable deaths in state and territory Coroners Acts
- An exploration of the offences and penalties that attach to a failure to comply with coronial reporting obligations
- What is contained in Coroner’s Guidelines to assist health practitioners to understand their reporting obligations
Presented by Dr Ada Lim, Barrister, Third Floor, St James Hall Chambers
Presenters
Dr. Ada Lim, Barrister, 3 St James Hall
Prior to coming to the Bar, Ada worked as a medical practitioner for over a decade, as a solicitor in a boutique litigation firm, and as a casual academic and research student in computer science. Ada also holds a private pilot’s license and is working toward her second and third FAI Diamonds in sailplanes. Ada is also a designated aviation medical examiner.
Rob Muir, Partner, HWL Ebsworth
Rob is a leading medical indemnity, health and aged care lawyer, specialising in civil, coronial and AHPRA proceedings. For more than 20 years, Rob has been a trusted advisor to Australia's leading medical defence organisations and insurers in complex and high-profile medical indemnity and health related claims. Insurers, practitioners and hospitals trust Rob's sensible, well-considered and strategic advice in order to achieve favourable outcomes from a financial and reputational perspective. In addition to defending practitioners and hospitals in medically and legally complicated litigation, Rob has a strong interest and expertise representing health practitioners in matters before AHPRA and other health complaints bodies. Rob's understanding of the aged care industry has also seen him represent and advise some of Australia's leading aged care providers. Rob is recognised annually in both Best Lawyers in Australia, and Doyle's Guide as one of Australia's medical indemnity lawyers.
Marion Isobel, Barrister, Green’s List
Marion is a barrister at the Victorian Bar practicing in public, criminal and regulatory law. She has particular expertise in health-related fields, including professional disciplinary proceedings for health practitioners and coronial inquests. She worked as an assistant psychiatric nurse at an acute inpatient facility throughout her law degree, an experience she draws on more than she ever expected at the Bar. Immediately before going to the Bar, Marion spent seven years working for the Open Society Foundations in London and Budapest. She led global strategic litigation on defence rights and the prevention of torture. Prior to that, Marion worked for the United Nations investigating genocide at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia. Marion also lectured in public international law at the University of the South Pacific in Vanuatu. She holds a Masters of Laws, and a Bachelor of Laws with first class honours, from the University of Queensland.
Dr Owen Bradfield, Chief Medical Officer, Medical Indemnity Protection Society
Dr Owen Bradfield is the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of the Medical Indemnity Protection Society. Owen is a dual-qualified medical practitioner and health lawyer, with nearly 20 years’ experience in medical and legal practice, comprising over 10 years’ experience in the medical indemnity insurance industry. He has advised and represented health practitioners in a range of medico-legal disputes, including civil claims, regulatory complaints, employment disputes, Coronial inquests and Medicare investigations. Owen is passionate about advocating for fair regulatory and legal processes for healthcare practitioners and supporting members who are navigating complex medico-legal problems. Owen combines his role at MIPS with health law research at the University of Melbourne, where he examines the intersection between doctors’ health and legal claims. Owen’s research has been internationally recognised and he is a 2020 Fulbright Scholar and winner of the 2022 Premier’s Award for Health and Medical Research in the Health Services Research category. Owen is the immediate past Chairperson of Victoria’s Patient Review Panel and a member of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Ethics Committee.
This seminar is part of a series
Legal and Regulatory Issues for the Health Sector
Through May and June, these 6 webinars cover a broad range of issues designed to keep you up to date with the hottest medico-legal issues, regulatory and commercial developments you, as a senior health decision maker or legal advisor need to understand. Choose to register for all 6 or just the ones that most interest you. The webinars will cover women’s health issues, risk in patient discharge and the problems with delayed diagnosis to regulatory updates, AI in healthcare and understanding defamation.
Description
Attend the full series and earn 9 CPD units including
7 units in Substantive Law
2 units in Professional Skills
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
If you register for the full series as a live online product after the date of an individual session, you will be sent the recording for the sessions that have passed. Alternatively, you can register for individual sessions by following the links below.
Testimonials
Very informative and engaging. Thank you.
A thorough coverage of the area of disputes pertaining to medical practitioners.
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