Health and Medical Law

Health law covers things such as:

• Medical negligence
• Consenting to medical treatment
• Standards of care in nursing homes
• Advanced care/health directives for people lacking capacity to make healthcare decisions
• Choosing and refusing treatment, including at the end of life
• Euthanasia
• Children’s health issues
• Assisted reproductive technologies such as IVF
• Approval of medications and therapeutic devices
• Business in healthcare

In Canberra, Queanbeyan and South-Eastern NSW, elringtons provides specialist services covering:

1. Medical negligence
2. Assault and battery claims
3. Nursing home abuse
4. Health directives
5. Children’s health and medical decisions
6. Advice on assisted reproductive technologies and surrogacy
7. Specialist health industry business advice

Health and medical law is a separate and complex legal area. Medical negligence is not just another type of personal injury. Creation of GP practices and other health business is not just another business law matter.  You need a specialist for this specialist legal area.

We are different from other law firms because we have:

• Inside knowledge about the health industry;
• University acquired knowledge about injuries and disease;
• An understanding of how healthcare should be provided;
• Experience working with health professionals; and
• A proud history of success for clients in the Canberra, Queanbeyan, Bega, Cooma, Batemans Bay, Merimbula and other South-Eastern NSW areas.