EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE
Mark’s practice includes representing clients in high-profile and sensitive cases in the Supreme Court and County Courts of Victoria, the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal, and the Supreme Court of Tasmania.
Mark has a strong track record in defending catastrophic injury claims and has actively participated in numerous coronial inquiries. He also represents medical defence organisations, insurers, public and private hospitals, and IVF Centres in matters related to malpractice claims and health law. He has acted for general practitioners, physicians and surgeons and nursing and allied health staff.
Mark assists doctors in navigating matters before the Medical Board of Australia and other disciplinary bodies, as well as representing them in Medicare Australia matters.
Mark
is highly regarded for his demonstrated expertise in defending the interests of
doctors and hospitals and protecting their professional reputation. Having
acted for doctors in their private capacity and public and private hospitals,
he recognises the fundamental importance of protecting their reputation and
goodwill in the community.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Major matters Mark has acted in:
- Acting for doctors and hospitals in the full gamut of medical negligence claims including nervous shock, failure to diagnose and delay in diagnosis or treatment, informed consent, emergency department, surgical performance, wrongful birth, psychiatric management
- Representing hospitals at coronial inquest regarding the death of a psychiatric inpatient and in subsequent nervous shock and dependency claims
- Defending nervous shock claims against a major public hospital following the death of a young child and strategically avoiding a coronial inquest on the background of a dispute between treating doctors
- Acting for major public hospitals in relation to catastrophic brain injury claims involving significant quantum
- Negotiating the withdrawal of an informed consent case against a public hospital regarding colorectal surgery
- Acting in the High Court matter of Freidin v St Laurent
- Regular assistance to doctors, nurses and hospitals with drafting and settling statements for the coroner
- Acting on behalf of medical practitioners in relation to professional conduct matters.