Sydney Law School: Recent submissions
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Supported decision-making for people living with dementia: An examination of four Australian guardianship laws
Published 2021Australia is obliged under the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to provide decision-making support to people with cognitive impairment. While there has been considerable recent activity looking at how ...Open AccessArticle -
Jabs and barbs: ways to address misleading vaccination and immunisation information using currently available strategies
Published 2013Misleading vaccination information undermines confidence in vaccination and may lead to reductions in the effectiveness of vaccination programs. A number of regulatory techniques can be employed to challenge the spread of ...Open AccessArticle -
Umbilical cord blood banking and the next generation of human tissue regulation: an agenda for research
Published 2012The transformation of umbilical cord blood from being a waste product to being a valuable source of stem cells has led to the emergence of significant legal, ethical and social issues. This editorial proposes an agenda for ...Open AccessArticle -
Is PTSD a bodily injury?
Published 2022Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is unique among psychiatric disorders in that the cause, a traumatic event (or events), is known. PTSD is often the subject of legal proceedings, with persons seeking compensation from ...Open AccessArticle -
Throwing a cat among the Pridgeon(s): The New South Wales Court of Appeal and the public interest test under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law
Published 2022This section examines the 2022 decision of Pridgeon v Medical Council of New South Wales in the New South Wales Court of Appeal that has taken a fundamentally different view of the public interest test employed in immediate ...Open AccessArticle