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The 33rd Annual Medico Legal Congress is Australia’s premiere medico-legal event and a highlight on the calendar of the nation’s medico-legal professionals.
Whether your interest lies in a particular area of healthcare such as emergency care, obstetrics, cosmetics, dentistry, or psychedelic medicine; or coming from a plaintiff or defence background. The 2024 event will seek to cover the topics of utmost importance of the year angling for debate, reform, and case-study-based learnings for prevention of said medico-legal issues.
Attended by national clinicians, general and legal counsels, Medico Legal advisers, senior-level national and local hospital representatives, indemnity insurers, national law firms, government departments, AHPRA representatives, Medico Legal societies, and universities. The agenda is put together from research, your feedback, and suggestions. We welcome you to provide your input on what you think should be within the program.
Don’t miss out on Australia’s longest-running event for medical and legal professionals. To stay informed of speaker announcements, early bird discounts and the official agenda release register your interest below!
Topics to be addressed include:
- Recent Legislative Changes You Should be Aware Of
- Disability Royal Commission: The Interface of Health Systems and the Law
- What to do if Open Disclosure Processes Break Down
- Cosmetic Surgery Update Post 1st July 2023: what will happen next?
- Recent Developments in the Standard of Care in Medical Negligence Cases
- How to Discuss Risk with Patients
- Cross-Border Issues in the Era of Telehealth & Travelling Medicine
- Medicolegal Obligations when Using AI tools in Healthcare
- Approaches to Supporting Witnesses in Matters Involving Allegations of Sexual Misconduct in Tribunals
- Voluntary Assisted Dying: What you Need to Know About the Differences from State to State
- Intentional Torts in Healthcare
- The Commercialisation of Healthcare
- Unlawful Detention, Gillick Competency, and Other Considerations within the Hospital / Emergency Setting
- Defamation 101
- Expert Evidence
2024 Speakers
Dr Jamie Orchard
General Counsel, AHPRA
Adam Clements
Lawyer, Kate Williams Medical Law Specialists
Alice Robinson
Director and Principal Lawyer, Polaris Lawyers
Dr Roger Levy
Anaesthetist, Chairman, Patient Care Review Committee, North Shore Private Hospital
Dr Sandra Johnson
Consultant Paediatrician, Clinical Academic, The University of Sydney
Bill Madden
Special Counsel, Carroll & O'Dea Lawyers, Adjunct Professor, Australian Centre for Health Law Research
Professor Tina Cockburn
Director, Australian Centre for Health Law Research
Kate Betts
Partner, Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Dr Rachael Hickinbotham
Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, North Shore Private and The Mater Hospitals
Dr Vijay Roach
Obstetrician & Gynaecologist, Past President, RANZCOG
Kate Eastman AM SC
Justine Anderson
Senior Solicitor, Crown Solicitor's Office of NSW
Erica Thuijs
Partner, Jackson McDonald
Dr Susan Hertzberg
Senior Staff Specialist in Emergency Medicine, Prince of Wales Hospital, Senior Consultant Medical Advisor, Avant Mutual Medical Indemnity
Dr Yega Muthu
Principal Lawyer, YM Lawyers, Adjunct Associate Professor, Australian Catholic University
Catherine Henry
Principal, Catherine Henry Lawyers
Dr Peter Honeyman
Occupational and Environmental Physician
Dr Michael Wright
General practitioner and Chief Medical Officer, Avant
Dr Wade Stedman
Clinical Lead – Voluntary Assisted Dying Implementation, NSW Ministry of Health
Alexander Acaster
Chief Operating Officer, TMLEP
Professor Anne-Maree Kelly
Director, Joseph Epstein Centre for Emergency Medicine Research, Senior Emergency Physician, Western Health, Melbourne, Adjunct Professor, The Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Queensland University of Technology, Professorial Fellow, The University of Melbourne
Katherine Waller
Project Coordinator – Voluntary Assisted Dying Training Projects – QUT
Dr Reece Adler
Doctor in Training Medical Adviser, Avant, Emergency Registrar, RPA Hospital
Dr Andrew Walby
Director of Medical Services, Portland District Health, Emergency Physician, St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne
Dr Emily Kirkpatrick
Executive Medical Director, Calvary Amplar Health Joint Venture
Kate Evans
National Manager, National Legal Practice (Professional Misconduct Unit), AHPRA
Belinda Kochanowska
Principal Solicitor, Intrepidus Law
2024 Sponsor, Exhibitors & Partners
exhibitors
Partners
Testimonials
“Diverse range of topics and speakers, fantastic/respectful discussion, great chairs each day”. Delegate 2023
“The congress provided great opportunities to meet and float research ideas which further reminds us of the importance of communication in healthcare”. Delegate 2023
“Very broad coverage of medico legal topics. Very easy to understand and no overlapping”. Delegate 2023
Insights
What do NSW health workers need to know about the new voluntary assisted dying laws?
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Why more medico legal defendants are winning on causation
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How might voluntary assisted dying legislation in NSW compare with other jurisdictions?
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Wrongful birth damages – an interview with Bill Madden
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Professor Euan Wallace’s keynote address at the Medico Legal Congress
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The role and major challenges of a medical legal counsel
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What are the Trends and the Future of Medical & Health Law?
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The black, white and grey area of assisted suicide
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ConnectMe + Streamly
ConnectMe • Networking enhanced
All of our events utilise a bespoke dynamic smartphone app, ConnectMe – which guarantees attendees a premium event experience. Logins are sent prior to the conference commencement allowing you to check who’s attending, schedule in meetings and catch ups, participate in live Q+A and interactive polls, and much more. ConnectMe ensures you never miss a beat prior, during and post event.
Streamly • On-Demand video vault
Streamly is a new video platform from Informa Connect – hosting hours of session recordings from our events and more. Select the Streamly add-on at the checkout to receive an annual subscription to exclusive On-Demand session recordings from all of our related healthcare events*. Login information will be sent post event. For more information visit our Streamly page.
* Note: In a minority of cases, speakers may request their sessions to be excluded from Streamly access.
Sustainability
Our Commitment to Sustainability
In Australia, we are committed to running our events in an environmentally and socially responsible way. Across Informa Connect we are focusing on the short and long-term sustainability impacts we have on customers and colleagues alongside the communities we work in.
We recognise that it’s not just about the way we produce our events and products but recognising that we have a role to play in providing a space to work in partnership together with our markets to inspire the sustainable development of the industries we serve.
To read more on our latest sustainability reports and Faster Forward initiatives – click here.
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