Sydney Law School: Recent submissions
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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 -
At the intersection of public service and the market: Libraries and the future of lending
Published 2015Most library uses of books occur outside the purview of copyright and the market. Loans fall outside copyright's exclusive rights; libraries have exceptions for many activities that involve copying. Author remuneration for ...Open AccessArticle -
Negligence and health innovation: Issues with the standard of care and the need to revisit the voluntary assumption of risk
Published 2022This section examines current debates about the test for standards of care in negligence under the Civil Liability Acts in Australia, and how those debates may impact adversely on innovations in health care. It examines ...Open AccessArticle