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Beauty salon treatment negligence can happen when a beauty professional fails to provide the reasonable standard of care during a beauty treatment. This can result in harm or injury to the client, such as burns, cuts, infections, allergic reactions, or even permanent...

The Supreme Court of NSW has recently allowed a plaintiff leave to commence her claim for work injury damages 13 years after the expiry of the limitation date. In the decision of Franco v Workers Compensation Nominal Insurer  NSWSC 915, the worker suffered...

The legal fraternity has called for a major expansion of court infrastructure in western Sydney to meet the growing number of civil, commercial, and criminal cases. The arrival of the four big accounting firms – PwC, Deloitte, KPMG and EY – in Parramatta has driven an...

The District Court of NSW has recently awarded $207,164.84 to Stephen Noel Ramsey, as a result of a motor vehicle accident in the decision of Ramsey v Denton  NSWDC 426. The motor vehicle accident occurred on 30 July 2014. Mr Ramsey was riding a motor cycle...

A claim can be brought against a doctor for bad advice so long as that advice is considered negligent. When a doctor fails to exercise the proper standards of care, including giving bad advice to a patient, it isn’t necessarily negligence. Bad advice can simply be an...

If your doctor has made a mistake and you have suffered loss/injury as a result you may have a claim in negligence against your doctor.  It is important to consider all the factors which may have contributed to your injury for example your doctor, the hospital,...

Doctors have a duty to warn you of inherent risks involved in a medical procedure.  A doctor’s duty to warn of inherent risks is to protect you from injury that is unacceptable. If for example, you underwent a surgical procedure relating to your spine. The doctor...

Medical practitioners owe patients a duty to exercise reasonable skill and care in the provision of professional advice and treatment. This duty extends to the provision of information. Doctors must warn patients of material risk inherent in the proposed treatment. A...

In a recent decision of the NSW Court of Appeal, Brooke Catlin (the appellant) appealed against the judgment of Curtis ADCJ (the primary judge) who found that the appellant was liable in negligence to Taylor Draper (the respondent) under the Civil Liability Act...

Proving that your doctor has been negligent is not always simple.  It's important to note that not every negative outcome or complication is a result of medical negligence. Medical professionals are not infallible, and sometimes things can go wrong despite the...