Coronial inquest of preventable death in Regional NSW
Our client’s son, Thomas, tragically died in 2015 after punching a window at a property in Barrington on the NSW mid coast. Paramedics called a helicopter 10 minutes after arriving…
Settlement for woman with fourth-degree tear after childbirth
Our team of health lawyers successfully gained compensation for our client who experienced a fourth-degree tear during the birth of her first child at a public hospital in regional NSW.…
Settlement for relatives after death following surgery
WARNING TO READERS WHO ARE ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER. This story talks about people who have died. Our team of health lawyers successfully gained compensation for our husband and…
Have you received a poor health outcome? | Video
If you have received a poor health outcome, our expert Health Law team can help you to get answers and seek compensation. To confidentially discuss your needs contact us on…
Government must act on regional and rural health inquiry hearings
Regional NSW based health lawyer and Australian Lawyers’ Alliance (ALA) NSW spokesperson on health, Catherine Henry, has welcomed the start of parliamentary inquiry community hearings in rural towns but is…
Hunter left out of regional and rural health inquiry
Hunter based health lawyer and Australian Lawyers’ Alliance (ALA) NSW spokesperson on health, Catherine Henry, is disappointed that the parliamentary inquiry brought on by the crisis in regional and rural…
Pharmacist Successfully Defends HCCC Prosecution
Our health law team helped a Sydney pharmacist successfully respond to complaints made against him by the NSW Health Care Complaints Commission (HCCC). The Accredited Pharmacist, with more than 20 years of…
SBS program shines spotlight on high rates, and risks, of maternal birth trauma
This week’s Insight program on SBSTV (20 April 2021) covered the difficult topic of maternal birth trauma. Giving Birth Better explored the impact of maternal birth trauma and what can…
BYO bandages: The case for regional and rural health reform
There is a current Upper House parliamentary inquiry into health outcomes and access to health and hospital services in rural, regional and remote NSW. ALA member, Kasarne Burgan, and I wrote a submission to…
Are independent NDIS assessments and reforms about cost-cutting?
In August 2020, the Federal Minister responsible for the NDIS, Stuart Robert, announced the “most substantial package of reforms” to affect the NDIS since it began. In November 2020, the…
Is sex therapy a ‘reasonable and necessary support’? | A case study
WRMF v National Disability Insurance Agency [2019] AATA 1771 – May 2020 The respondent, a woman in her 40s, sought a review of an NDIA decision requiring the Tribunal to…
What weight should be given to evidence-based treatments when determining ‘reasonable and necessary support’? | A case study
Jourfian v National Disability Insurance Agency [2020] AATA 1883 – June 2020 Mr Jourfian was involved in a motor vehicle accident in 2009, in which he was struck by a…
Early childhood intervention support as ‘reasonable and necessary support’ for autism spectrum disorder | A case study
XXWC v National Disability Insurance Agency [2020] AATA 923 – May 2020 XXWC is a three-year-old boy who was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder when he was 18 months old.…
What community members and patients should know about the new Code of Conduct for Australian doctors
The Medical Board of Australia has published a new Code of Conduct for Australian doctors titled Good Medical Practice. It describes what is expected of all doctors to deliver good…
New recruit joins leading NSW regional health law firm
Rosemary Listing has joined Newcastle-based firm, Catherine Henry Lawyers, as Special Counsel in Health Law. Rosemary specialises in medical negligence, consumer protection, and product liability. Head of Health Law and…
Compensation awarded for failed cosmetic dental work | Our Client’s Story
Catherine Henry Lawyers’ Health Law team successfully resolved a damages claim for a client who sued for clinically inappropriate cosmetic dental work. Our client wanted to improve her smile Our…
Extra compensation for unnecessary medical or dental treatment
Our Health and Medical Law team handles many medical negligence cases for our clients. We help them to gain compensation for their economic and non-economic losses resulting from failures by…
Damages awarded for failed dental treatment
In a recently published case - Jones v Braund (No. 2) [2020] NSWDC 54 - a man was awarded more than $177,000 in damages for suffering after having a failed…
Favourable determination for social worker – client complaint to Health Care Complaints Commission | Our Client’s Story
Our health law team helped a social worker in regional NSW to successfully respond to a complaint made against her by a client to the NSW Health Care Complaints Commission. Her client alleged…
Proposal to scrap mental health treatment plans concerning
Leading, regional NSW-based health lawyer, Catherine Henry, says a proposal to scrap mental health treatment plans in favour of online assessment tools is concerning for GPs and for people experiencing…
Death due to weight loss surgery complications | Our Client’s Story
We acted for a number of family members of a woman who tragically died from septic shock from the complications of weight loss surgery. The deceased had a BMI of…
Compensation for negligently performed gastric band surgery | Our Client’s Story
Our client was 123 kilograms when she was advised to undergo gastric band surgery. The defendant doctor – a general surgeon - was dismissive of the potential risks pre-surgery. Our…
Chewing the fat on bariatric surgery
More Australians than ever are turning to surgery to shed unwanted weight. Australia’s battle with the bulge is becoming a national health crisis. Indeed, burgeoning waistlines are on the rise,…
Catherine Henry Lawyers a two times finalist for upcoming Women in Law Awards
A leading regional NSW based law firm that specialises in legal support for women is in the running for two national 2020 Australian Women in Law Awards. Catherine Henry Lawyers…
Aged care performance data must be made public
Consumers need easy access to data about the performance of individual aged care facilities so that they can make informed decisions, says the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA). ALA spokesperson and…
University of Newcastle Older Persons Legal Clinic Launched
We were pleased to participate recently in the launch of the University of Newcastle Law School Older Persons Legal Clinic. The clinic began seeing clients over 12 months ago, but…
Settlement for tragic stillbirth for our Aboriginal client
WARNING: This story talks about an Aboriginal person who has died We acted for an Indigenous woman from western NSW –a woman of the Ngemba, Ualarai, Murrawarri and Wailwan people –…
Case Study: Coroner finds racist bias in medical treatment of Indigenous people in NSW
WARNING: This story talks about an Aboriginal person who has died Catherine Henry Lawyers is a supporter of the National Justice Project co-founded by civil rights lawyer George Newhouse. NJP…
Indigenous communities and stillbirth
NAIDOC week invites all Australians to embrace the true history of Australia. With the spotlight on Indigenous communities, we look at the issue of stillbirth - the hidden tragedy impacting…
Settlement for family members after the loss of a loved one due to medical negligence | Our Client’s Story
WARNING TO READERS WHO ARE ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER. This story talks about people who have died. Our client was only 50 when she died. She had an elective…