Medical Negligence

• Inside knowledge about the health industry;
• University acquired knowledge about injuries and disease;
• An understanding of how healthcare should be provided; and
• A proud history of success for clients in the Canberra, Queanbeyan and South East NSW regions.

Our work in the health industry, as well as our long history of helping clients in medical negligence claims, means we understand the impact of negligence on our clients. We use this knowledge to build a rapport with you, to work with you, and to help you obtain compensation for your injuries.

1. A doctor or health professional does something wrong;
2. It is something another reasonable doctor or health professional, in the same position, would not have done; and
3. This causes you an extra injury over what you had first had treatment for.

It is not just doctors who may be sued for negligence. Dentists, nurses, optometrists, physiotherapists, psychologists and any other health professional, may also be sued for negligent treatment which causes you an injury.

For a more detailed explanation, please see our ‘What is medical negligence?’ article.

The main thing is compensation. We can’t restore your good health and wellbeing (we wish we could), but we can get you compensation to make up for your losses, and enable you to pay for your future treatment.

The types of compensation that may be awarded are:

1. Previous lost wages for your time off work;
2. If your injuries will affect your ability to work in the future, then your future lost wages;
3. The cost of treatment, medications, disability aids and pain relief in the past and future;
4. Care and assistance provided to you by family and friends;
5. Pain and suffering; and
6. Loss of enjoyment of life.

The other consequence of medical negligence claims is improvement in the health system. Sometimes a claim will identify a systematic problem at a hospital in how things are done. Medical negligence claims identify what the issue is, and will say how is could and should have been done differently. Historically, this has led to changes in healthcare in order to protect people from having the same thing happen to them.

We provide tailored solutions to legal fees. This includes no charge up front for services, staged or progressive payments or payment at the end of the matter. We are happy to provide more details on fees, however as each case is different, we provide estimates directly to you so that it is relevant to your individual claim. Our extensive knowledge in health law minimises time required to discover the best avenue to approach your matter, research, and contact the best specialists to gain an expert opinion in your matter. This reduces the legal costs whilst providing you with the best outcome.

We offer no win/no fee arrangements on a wide range of matters. You will have to pay for things like expert evidence and court fees, but will cost you nothing to speak to our health law team about what has happened to you. In our experience, the costs of doing nothing, long term, outweigh your legal costs. Further, if you are successful, generally the other party will pay most of your legal fees.

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