Showing our appreciation of nurses and midwives – World Health Day
Today is World Health Day (7 April 2020) – a World Health Organisation auspiced international day - to celebrate the work of nurses and midwives and remind world leaders of…
What the Reform of Medical and Midwife Indemnity Laws mean for Doctors and Patients
Summary of the Medical and Midwife Indemnity Legislation Amendment Bill 2019 From July 1, 2020 new medical indemnity reform legislation will come into effect in Australia which will provide greater…
Access to abortion in NSW
In NSW, abortion is legal – however this wasn’t always the case. Whilst abortion is a widely practiced medical procedure in NSW and the rest of Australia, until recently it…
Negligence claim settled for Stillbirth | Our Client’s Story
We successfully settled our client’s claim for negligence for mental harm caused by mismanagement of her pregnancy which resulted in the tragic stillbirth of her daughter. Hospital failure to diagnose…
Settlement for mismanagement by gynaecologist Dr Richard Reid | Our Client’s Story
We have achieved a substantial settlement for our client who experienced continuous mismanagement and unnecessary surgeries by her gynaecologist, Dr Richard Reid, over 10 years. Catherine Henry Lawyers’ highly experienced…
Claim settled for negligence leading to Stillbirth | Our Client’s Story
We successfully resolved a claim for negligence leading to stillbirth caused by a hospital’s failure to diagnose and treat her pre-eclampsia and HELLP (Haemolysis, Elevated Liver Enzymes and Low Platelet)…
Did you know that where you live can affect your chance of a preventable hospitalisation?
Your likelihood of having a preventable hospitalisation varies by where you live, and your circumstances, according to a new report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) released…
Catherine Henry Lawyers again recognised in list of top medical negligence lawyers
Leading health and medical lawyer Catherine Henry and her firm have both been recognised in the prestigious Doyles Guide lists of NSW’s top medical negligence and malpractice compensation lawyers and…
Result in vaginal mesh class action
This week, Her Honour Justice Katzmann SC of the Federal Court delivered her judgment in Kathryn Gill & ORS v Ethicon Sarl & ORS, a class action against Johnson and…
Significant compensation recovered after failed tubal ligation | Our Client’s Story
We helped a woman successfully resolve a case against a regional public hospital (“the hospital”) in respect of a failed tubal ligation. Background The procedure was performed by a first-year…
International Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day
Today is International Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day. Having worked with many women who have tragically experienced miscarriage, still birth or neonatal death in our work as health lawyers,…
Mental health unit dismissed anxious patient | Our Client’s Story
We recently acted for the family members of a woman who successfully committed suicide while she was an inpatient at a mental health unit of a regional hospital. During her…
Catherine Henry Lawyers opens Taree office
Leading regional NSW health, medical negligence and elder law firm, Catherine Henry Lawyers, has opened an office in Taree. The office, at Hooke Chambers in Victoria Street, Taree, is headed…
Protracted labour caused baby’s hypoxic brain damage | Our Client’s Story
At the birth of their first child, our clients suffered terrible complications during labour and delivery at a Western Sydney hospital. The baby was ultimately born via emergency caesarean section…
Does your postcode affect your quality of healthcare?
This month’s ABC Four Corners program, Health Hazard, looked at how your postcode can determine the quality of healthcare you get. The day after, the Bureau of Health Information released…
Pelvic mesh patient’s pain was immediate | Our Client’s Story
We acted for a patient from Northern NSW who suffered numerous injuries connected to the use of pelvic mesh. After having four children, our client developed pelvic organ prolapse and…
Knee replacement surgery led to permanent injury | Our Client’s Story
We acted for a 70-year-old man from Northern NSW who suffered significant injury to his right knee, following a bilateral total knee replacement procedure (TKR). Our client underwent a TKR…
Improper sepsis treatment caused serious injury | Our Client’s Story
We sought damages for our client in a case brought in the Supreme Court of NSW for serious injury as a result of improper sepsis treatment. Our client had been…
Undiagnosed obstruction led to sudden death | Our Client’s Story
Our client’s 73-year-old mother tragically passed away as a result of an undiagnosed bowel obstruction. After presenting to hospital three times in two weeks, our client’s mother was finally admitted…
Has the Garling Report improved NSW health care?
The ‘Final Report of the Special Commission of Inquiry into Acute Care Services in NSW Public Hospitals’ (the ‘Garling Report’) was released in 2008 and presented various recommendations to the…
Aged Care Home Death | Our Client’s Story
We helped one of the families featured in the second part of Who Cares?, the ABC TV Four Corners expose into the aged care sector, to fight for justice. [The…
Compensation claims and social media
We have represented hundreds of people who have successfully obtained lump sum compensation for personal injuries and disabilities caused by negligence. In our experience, we often find that people do…
Vaginal breech birth resulted in neonatal death | Our Client’s Story
The parents and grandmother of a child instructed us in a claim for negligence for mental harm caused by the mismanagement of vaginal breech birth which resulted in the neonatal…
Obstetric Malpractice Conference
The 11th Obstetric Malpractice Conference was hosted in Melbourne on 22 and 23 August 2019. Guest speakers included various obstetric experts and lawyers who practice in the area of medical…
NSW maternity health policy
In recent decades, maternity health policy in Australia has promoted vaginal delivery and prioritised reducing the rates of delivery by caesarean section. In NSW, the maternity health policy, Towards Normal…
Is surrogacy legal in Australia?
One of the challenging issues in the area of obstetrics, from a regulatory and ethical perspective, is surrogacy. In Australia, surrogacy is legal in all states and territories for altruistic…
Case Study: Watt v State of NSW
Watt v State of NSW [2018] NSWSC 1926 is a decision of the Honourable Justice Garling in the NSW Supreme Court which considered the s54 Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW)…
Australasian Birth Trauma Conference
The Australasian Birth Trauma Association and the Centre for Perinatal Psychology hosted the first Australasian Birth Trauma Conference in Brisbane earlier this month. Guest speakers addressed an interesting range of…
Woman from north east NSW sues after hip labral tear sustained during traumatic birth | Our Client’s Story
Our client was left with very significant physical and psychological injuries, unable to work in her chosen field, needing further surgery, unable to care properly for her family, and at…
Coffs Harbour woman is compensated for shocking birth injuries | Our Client’s Story
We helped an Aboriginal woman to successfully resolve a case against the Mid North Coast Health District for the birth trauma she experienced at a local hospital. Our client had…