Sydney Law School: Recent submissions
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Unconventional practice, "innovative" interventions and the 'National Law'
Published 2020This column explores a recent health profession disciplinary case which throws light on the problems of unconventional interventions by medical practitioners under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law Act 2009 ...Open AccessArticle -
Assessing rationing decisions through the principle of proportionality
Published 2021Rationing policies necessarily discriminate, as they must identify bases on which to discriminate between patients in order to prioritise. Treatments may provide a greater benefit to some people than others and this may ...Open AccessArticle -
Lessons from 'Re Teo': Unconventional practice and the National Law
Published 2023This section explores the decision of the New South Wales Professional Standards Committee, in Re Teo [2023] NSWMPSC 2. The case provides insights into how the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law Act 2009 (Qld) ...Open AccessArticle -
Posthumous reproduction and the law: Tissue transplantation, property rights and the reproductive relational autonomy
Published 2021This paper examines the history of Australian superior court decisions on the retrieval of gametic material from deceased men. It examines the history of case law and legislation on the issue and then provides a summary ...Open AccessArticle -
The standard of care test revisited: Competing approaches to defining competent profession practice in Australia
Published 2023This section examines the recent decision of the New South Wales Court of Appeal in Dean v Pope [2022] NSWCA 260. The decision settles a long-running dispute in New South Wales about the test for the standard of care under ...Open AccessArticle