EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE

Larisa represents and advises individual doctors and hospitals, on instruction from a number of medical defence organisations.

She has appeared in the Local, District and Supreme Courts of NSW, as well as NCAT and the Coroner's Court. 

Larisa is a pragmatic and commercially minded litigator, known for delivering clear, practical advice while remaining attuned to the personal and professional impact of legal proceedings on her clients.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Briefing and instructing counsel in relation to complex interlocutory applications, hearings in the District Court and Supreme Court of NSW, coronial investigations and inquests
• Appearing for medical practitioners in NCAT disciplinary proceedings and in the Consumer and Commercial Division
• Advising and appearing for medical practitioners before the Health Care Complaints Commission and the Medical Council of NSW, including HCCC complaints, section 150 proceedings, performance assessments and Professional Review Panel hearings
• Advising and representing the Department of Family and Community Services in historical abuse claims, including coronial inquests arising from the death of a child in Government care
• Advising and representing the Department of Education and insurers in public liability claims across the Local, District and Supreme Courts of NSW
• Appearing in the NSW Local Court in property damage proceedings.