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Are the Australian Privacy Reforms on your radar?

The Australian privacy landscape is changing. In December 2022, amendments came into force to amend the Privacy Act 1998 (Cth)…
legal
Health Insight

Industry Update: Increase in monetary jurisdictional limits of the District Court of NSW

This brief update provides you with an overview of recent changes implemented by the District Court in NSW. The NSW…
Pharmacy
Pharmacy Insight

Pharmacy Sale and Purchase Update

The most common question we are asked by pharmacists looking to sell or buy a pharmacy is, ‘at what stage…
Health Insight

New era for the costing of County Court and Supreme Court claims

Introduction This insight reports on the recommendations from the ‘Report on Litigious Costs’ (the Report) recently released by the Supreme…
Case Note

A change of heart on indemnity | a landmark High Court decision for insurers

Allianz Australia Insurance Limited v Delor Vue Apartments CTS 39788 [2022] HCA 38 Key takeaways The High Court has provided…
Commercial Insight

Collaborative arrangements between medical practitioners and eligible nurse practitioners and eligible midwives

The Health Insurance Act 1973 and the Health Insurance Regulations 2018 (Regulations) permit eligible midwives and eligible nurse practitioners to…
Case Note

High Court of Australia grants application for special leave to appeal a decision to permanently stay proceedings involving historical child sexual abuse

Warning: This Case Note discusses serious sexual and physical abuse. We recently published a Case Note about the Queensland Supreme…
Insurance Insight

Insurer permitted to invoke professional liability exclusion clause for Queensland flooding class action

SunWater Limited v Liberty Mutual Insurance Company [2022] NSWCA 273 Key Takeaways Professional liability exclusions are not confined to claims…
Health Insight

Victoria Health Services: Are you prepared for the Statutory Duty of Candour?

On 30 November 2022, the Health Legislation Amendment (Quality and Safety) Act 2022 (Vic) will come into effect. This legislation…
Insurance Insight

Pursuing personal advantage: an age old story

Hakea Holdings Pty Ltd v McGrath (No 2) [2022] FCA 995 This case considers the liability of directors who pursue…
Insurance Insight

Agreement to mediate… are you certain?

Metropolitan Health Service v Sturm [2022] WASC 316 Key takeaways A contractual dispute resolution clause may be unenforceable for uncertainty…
Health Insight

New regulations are now in force for all health practitioners and organisations in NSW

If you operate a health service, or are a health practitioner working in NSW, you need to be aware of…
Insurance Insight

Regulation of Education and Care Providers: the Department of Communities in WA takes a stricter approach to compliance actions

Key takeaways The Education and Care Regulatory Unit of the Department of Communities (Department) is displaying a stricter approach in…
Case Note

Willmot v State of Queensland [2022] QSC 167

Warning: This Case Note discusses serious sexual and physical abuse. In its recent decision of Willmot v State of Queensland,[1]…
Commercial Insight

Online Reviews & Defamation

Meridian is increasingly receiving enquiries from both health practitioners and service providers seeking advice regarding negative reviews placed online by…
Health Insight

Veterinary practice in WA: significant changes to the regulatory framework

Key takeaways On 18 June 2022, the Veterinary Practice Act 2021 (Act) commenced and the newly appointed members of the…
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