PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY

The firm has extensive experience in representing Healthcare providers and patients on
professional negligence claims relating to the receipt of medical treatment.

We render advice on:

• The acquisition of professional indemnity insurance and the settlement of claims under
  the policy;
• Preparation and review of informed consent forms and procedures;
• Commissioning of independent expert medical reports;
• Preparation of trial bundles for litigation and administrative action before Professional
  disciplinary bodies;
• Settlement of arbitral and post-judgment remedies.

PRACTICE HIGHLIGHTS

• Advising the Government on the application of the current legal framework to the novel, unprecedented challenge of the Pandemic;
• Advising the Government and international partners on the amendments to the Public Health Act;
• Acting for a leading international medical research consortium on an unprecedented claim relating to the conduct of clinical trials;
• Advising a leading research collaboration on the application of national and international legal requirements for the conduct of clinical trials;
• Acted for a Non-Governmental Organisation in a precedent-setting public interest petition on medical brain-drain;
• Acting for a leading hospital on a variety of medical malpractice claims;
• Advising a leading manufacturer on the procurement of drugs on the essential list by the Government medical procuring entity – National Medical Stores;
• Advising pharmaceutical clients on the registration of intellectual property rights and enforcement mechanisms against counterfeit, dangerous and substandard variants;
• Advise a leading University on collaborative research agreements with international partners drawn from the academic, pharmaceutical and non-governmental sector.