Case summary
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Case Summary: Akl v TAC [2024] VCC 242
2nd May 2024In 2011, an eight-year-old boy’s older brother was killed in a traffic accident. Jacinta Richards takes us through how, in 2024, the County Court of Victoria examined this young man’s ‘severe’ psychiatric injury claim, including the consequences of such an injury irrespective of other life influences and lack of treatment.
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Case Summary: Ghorbanzadeh v Western Sydney Local Health District [2023] NSWSC 1330
18th Apr 2024The NSW Supreme Court decision in Ghorbanzadeh v Western Sydney Local Health District [2023] NSWSC 1330 has confirmed that any written material created by a medico-legal expert in the course of providing a preliminary verbal opinion to instructing solicitors may also be required to be disclosed in subsequent court proceedings. Rebecca Tidswell provides a background on the case and explains the Court’s decision.