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When a global car manufacturer discovers a faulty part in one of their cars owners across the world are notified of the risk. A register is in place that keeps track of what parts are in which model of car. So why is it not the same for all Australian recipients of medical implants?
Read moreFamous household brand Johnson & Johnson has been ordered to pay an astonishing A$525 million to a US woman who claimed she developed terminal ovarian cancer after using the company’s talcum-powder-based products. The case is one of thousands of lawsuits brought across the US alleging the company failed to warn consumers of...
Read moreSouth Australia has been hit with yet another public health bungle, and the SA Pathology errors could see victims seek compensation.
Read moreTGB Partner Mal Byrne outlines the elements of the tort of false imprisonment and draws attention to the controversial current case of potential false imprisonment in relation to the asylum seekers held in the Manus Island Detention Centre in Papua New Guinea.
Read moreTGB's Medical Negligence team answers some common questions relating to the 'duty of care' in South Australia.
Read moreA proposal to make contraceptive pills available over the counter would expose Australian women to greater health risks, writes Tim White.
Read moreThe European Commission (EC) is taking pro-active steps towards reforming the controls on medical devices to prevent a repeat of the PIP implant scandal, but what about Australia’s regulator? The EC is proposing new policies to ‘address both the assessment of a device’s safety ahead of approval, as well as continued surveillance...
Read moreTGB Partner Tim White has welcomed the UK Department of Health’s findings that PIP breast implants are “clearly substandard” and more likely to rupture than other implants “by a factor of around two to six”. An expert panel, led by NHS Medical Director Sir Bruce Keogh, has released a final report about the health...
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