‘There’s a bullet coming your way, b**ch’: Patient given suspended sentence after stalking GP
A woman who stalked her doctor, reported her to AHPRA and drew a bullet hole on a picture that she stuck on a medical practice’s…
Tag: Courts
GP says he was told ‘nothing’ about Westfield killer’s possible psychotic symptoms
A GP says he had no information about potential signs of a psychotic relapse in his patient who ended up killing half a dozen people…
Joel Cauchi’s psychiatrist denies clinical failings but backflips on ‘hatred towards women’ claim
A psychiatrist has denied any clinical failings when weaning Joel Cauchi off antipsychotics years before he fatally stabbed six strangers, but she has retracted her…
Junior doctor reprimanded for accessing medical records of colleague
A junior doctor has been sanctioned for accessing the medical records of a female colleague after she asked him not to contact her. The ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal…
Widow of hospital’s medical director says work pressures killed her husband
The wife of a leading doctor who suffered a fatal MI has lost her bid for compensation after she claimed his death was the result…
‘They can be scared or dead’: GP’s warning to accused mushroom poisoner
Two GPs who treated accused mushroom poisoner Erin Patterson after she dished up a fatal lunch of beef Wellington have given evidence in her murder…
Court denies mother custody of 11-year-old to prevent doctors prescribing puberty blockers
A judge has denied a mother custody of her 11-year-old because she would likely permit “potentially life-altering and damaging” treatment with puberty blockers. Justice Andrew…
$250,000 for a private investigator? You won’t believe the ludicrous legal costs in this medical negligence claim
This opinion piece is about the ludicrously high legal costs claimed for in a medical negligence claim. The only facts I have to work with…
Supreme Court judgement limits boards’ powers to pause investigations, says AHPRA’s top lawyer
Health practitioner boards have limited powers to delay decisions indefinitely after receiving a finalised investigation report, based on a recent case, says AHPRA’s general counsel.…
Doctor jailed for six years after ‘entanglement’ with Comanchero bikie gang
A doctor who got “in over his head” after coming into contact with the Comancheros has been imprisoned for supplying garbage bags full of prescription…
