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…
Do mental health facilities increase the risk of suicide?
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…
Attempt at suicide led to brain injury | Our client’s story
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…
Liability for failure to admit suicidal patient | Our client’s story
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…
Media spotlight on regional NSW hospitals’ under-resourcing and systemic failures
Weekend media reports of incidents at Dubbo and Taree hospitals show the need for government action on disproportionate funding and outcomes in regional NSW hospitals to deliver a fairer health…
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…
Elective surgery error led to sepsis and leg amputation | Our Client’s Story
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…
Damages awarded due to inappropriately prescribed Gentamicin | Our Client’s Story
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…
Death of a loved one because of negligent hospital care | Our Client’s Story
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Waking Up From General Anaesthetic On The Operating Table | Our Client’s Story
We acted for a cosmetic surgery patient who was administered general anaesthetic during a breast augmentation and lift. The surgery was performed by a cosmetic surgeon – a general practitioner…
Review: ‘Anaesthesia’ by Kate Cole-Adams
The book by Kate Cole-Adams, ‘Anaesthesia: The Gift of Oblivion; The Mystery of Consciousness’, provides an engaging and thought-provoking look at the issues surrounding the use of modern-day anaesthetic. It…
Anaesthetic Error – Other Case Studies
Further to our own client's stories, other cases involving the misuse of anaesthesia or anaesthetic error in Australia and the UK have affected public and professional discourse surrounding anaesthesia. Grace Wong…
Complete feeling during a C-Section (Spinal Anaesthetic) | Our Client’s Story
We acted for a client who was aware during her c- section despite the administration of a spinal anaesthetic. She was to have this child – her third – by…
Full tribunal findings on Dr Gayed released
The NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT) published its full decision on October 9 in the case brought by the Health Care Complaints Commission (HCCC) against Dr Gayed. The NCAT hearing…
Meningococcal death raises questions of disclosure and compensation when things go wrong in hospitals
The widely reported death of a young Central Coast university student raises questions about what rights and remedies patients and their families have when things go wrong in a hospital…
Deaths arising out of negligence and possible compensation
If a loved-one dies as the result of someone else’s negligence, am I entitled to compensation? When someone dies due to the negligence of another, the deceased will be unable…
Failure to Diagnose and Treat Meningitis Caused Death for Six-Year-Old
We were saddened to read about the inquest into the death of Layla Ermenekli, a six year old girl who died hours after being sent home from an emergency department…
When Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word for Medical Practitioners
So many of my clients say to me that if their treating health care professional had said sorry or just apologised to them for what had gone wrong, they wouldn’t…
Dodgy doctors are still slipping through the cracks
And the decision makers who allow them to, must be held responsible says solicitor Tom Hunter-Leahy. You just wouldn't expect that the surgeon operating on you, or perhaps a loved…
Complaints involving the Hunter New England Local Health District
We read with interest the article by journalist Gabriel Wingate-Pearse in the Newcastle Herald on 6 January 2016 regarding complaints involving the Hunter New England Local Health District (HNELHD). In the article she…