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…
We recently acted for the son of an elderly woman who still lived at home but was suffering from symptoms of dementia. Our client had been his mother's carer since…
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…
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…
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,…
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 –…
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…
WARNING TO READERS WHO ARE ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER. This story talks about people who have died. We acted for the daughter and granddaughter of a man (Mr W)…
A number of cases before the courts emanating from treatment in the Hunter region have drawn attention to the quality of care in our mental health facilities. Over the course…
One of our negligence claims against a public mental health facility involved an avoidable - and unsuccessful – attempt at suicide leading to a brain injury. Our client – a…
We acted for the parents of a young man against a mental health facility who were found liable for failure to admit a suicidal patient - their son. The deceased…
The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety had its final hearings wrap up today, and leading aged care lawyer and advocate on aged care reform, Catherine Henry, says…
We acted for a 24-year-old woman from regional NSW who sustained very severe physical and psychological injuries during the traumatic birth of her second child. In fact, our client’s injuries…
The use of restraints in aged care facilities is a controversial and difficult topic. Aged care facilities are permitted to restrain residents and sometimes this is in the best interests…
The team at Catherine Henry Lawyers supports Red Nose Day on August 14, 2020. Here’s why, and how you can help reduce Australia’s still too high child-death rate. What is…
The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety resumed public hearings this month with a hearing in Melbourne between July 15 and 17. In the spotlight was the provision…
Once you have accepted a place at an aged care facility or nursing home, they will send you one or more contracts to formalise their offer. The documents are given…
The specialist health and medical law firm representing 65 victims of disgraced cosmetic surgeon, Dr Leslie Blackstock, is testing new reforms to medical indemnity laws to help its clients and…
Melissa Harrison’s experience of breast augmentation by disgraced cosmetic surgeon, Dr Blackstock, was so horrific that she says she contemplated taking her own life. A mother of three and a…
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…
It is pleasing to see that the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety will resume hearings next month after pausing in light of coronavirus - this coincides with…
When our client’s elderly sister made Will changes, removing her family and leaving her estate to a young couple she had just met, concerns of possible elder abuse were raised…
Catherine Henry Lawyers’ health law team has settled a claim for a large sum through mediation for a woman whose distinguished career was cut short due to permanent damage caused…
The skill and knowledge of our in-house practice nurse was instrumental in successfully settling a claim for medical negligence by our client against a local NSW area health service and…
Catherine Henry Lawyers’ health law team has secured sizeable damages for our client after he was inappropriately prescribed Gentamicin whilst in hospital. What is Gentamicin? Gentamicin is a powerful antibiotic…
Catherine Henry Lawyers’ health law team has settled our client’s claim for a large sum after she suffered from the unnecessary administration of Gentamicin whilst in hospital. What is Gentamicin?…
Catherine Henry Lawyers’ health law team secured sizeable damages for a fistula, caused by a surgical error which robbed our client of his quality of life. 11 follow up surgeries…
We have successfully settled a claim for a large sum for our clients against a regional hospital and a general practitioner for negligent hospital care. The personal injury claim and…
Catherine Henry Lawyers’ health law team settled a claim with a hospital during mediation for a large sum on behalf of a client who experienced inappropriate treatment with Gentamicin. What…
Catherine Henry Lawyers’ health law team settled a claim for a large sum on behalf of a successful businessman and talented musician whose life has been forever altered by excessive…