Medico-Legal Society of Queensland (MLSQ) Podcast

Medico-Legal Society of Queensland (MLSQ)
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Audio recordings from various MLSQ Live Events.

  1. 4D AGO

    2025 Conference Ep 10 - Expert Evidence: A view from the Bench with The Honourable Justice Rebecca Treston

    A view from the Bench The Honourable Justice Rebecca Treston Biography - Justice Treston was admitted as a solicitor in 1991 and was called to the Queensland Bar in 1996. She was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 2013, and as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Queensland in 2024.   Her Honour had a diverse commercial practice at the Bar, predominantly in estate and trust litigation, but also in general commercial litigation, statutory scheme litigation, public liability and medical negligence litigation.   Her Honour was the first female President of the Bar Association of Qld between 2018 and 2020.

    24 min

  2. MAR 29

    2025 Conference Ep 9 - Crossing the Expert: Mastering the Art of Cross-Examination of Experts with Gerard Mullins KC

    Crossing the Expert: Mastering the Art of Cross-Examination of Experts  Gerard Mullins KC Biography - Gerard Mullins KC practices in Tort law. He specialises in catastrophic injury, medical negligence, aviation and human rights.   He has an LLM from the University of Queensland where he lectures periodically in the Masters Program. He has delivered papers nationally and internationally on diverse aspects of tort law. He is a joint author of Civil Liability, Australia, published by LexisNexis.   He acted on behalf of the families of victims of the Black Hawk Helicopter crash in Townsville in 1996 in litigation in Queensland and Connecticut; the New South Wales Master Farriers’ Association in the Equine Influenza Inquiry in 2006; numerous children sexually abused in foster care in Queensland (Davison v. State of Queensland (2006) 226 CLR 234); the patients of Dr Jayant Patel and the Bundaberg Hospital Support Group at the Queensland Public Hospitals Commission of Inquiry and associated litigation (Keating v. Morris [2005] QSC 243); multiple Police Officers who developed psychiatric conditions following covert police work (Queensland v. Stephenson (2006) 226 CLR 197); the relatives of Cameron Doomadgee following his death on Palm Island (Hurley v. Clements [2010] 1 Qd R 215); multiple patients of a surgeon in claims relating to failed abdominal surgery (Shaw v Broadbent (2004) QSC 433); multiple families of victims of the Lockhart River air crash (Thornton v. Lessbrook (2010) QSC 363 and Kepa v. Lessbrook (2012) 269 FLR 103) and subsequent antisuit litigation relating to proceedings in Missouri (Mackellar Mining Equipment Pty Ltd v. Thornton [2019] QCA 77); the mothers of deceased adolescents following closure of a psychiatric facility at the Barrett Adolescent Centre Commission of Inquiry; Doctors for Refugees at the Inquest into the Death of Hamid Khazaei on Manus Island; the survivors of sexual abuse in the Australian Defence Force and families of the deceased in the crash of FZ981 in Rostov-on-Don in Russia.

    24 min

  3. MAR 22

    2025 Conference Ep 8 - Everything About Expert Conclaves with Jessica McClymont KC

    Everything About Expert Conclaves Jessica McClymont KC Biography - Jessica McClymont KC is a highly experienced practitioner in personal injuries, having practiced extensively in that area over the course of her legal career spanning more than thirty years. She practiced as a solicitor and was a Queensland Law Society Accredited Specialist, prior to commencing at the Bar in 2005 and being appointed King’s Counsel in 2023. She accepts instructions on behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants, and as a mediator and expert evidence conclave facilitator, and is a panel member of most major insurers with the Queensland jurisdiction and the Queensland government.

    26 min

  4. MAR 16

    2025 Conference Ep 7 - Expert Immunity in Medical Indemnity: Legal Protections and Limitations with Justine Beirne

    Expert Immunity in Medical Indemnity: Legal Protections and Limitations Justine Beirne Biography - Justine has over 25 years’ experience in medical indemnity across the spectrum of civil claims, class actions, disciplinary complaints and coronal investigations. She has successfully combined her litigation, risk management skills, Master of Laws, Postgraduate Certificate in Management, strategic and change leadership to manage a national medical indemnity portfolio and over 220 staff. She leads a team of over 90 lawyers in Avant Law nationally making it the largest and only specialist medico legal firm in Australia. As the first female and youngest President of the Society Justine brings a wealth of medical indemnity experience.

    22 min

  5. MAR 1

    2025 Conference Ep 6 - What does the “I” mean for an IME? with Dr Jill Reddan

    What does the “I” mean for an IME? Dr Jill Reddan Biography - Jill Reddan has been a medical practitioner for close to 45 years and a Fellow of the RANZCP for 36 years. Her subspecialty training was in forensics but she has always also practised as a general adult psychiatrist. She was a psychiatrist for the General Medical Assessment Tribunals, QCOMP and she was an Assisting Psychiatrist for the Mental Health Court for close to 10 years.   She was in private clinical practice for many years but for most of her professional life she has also worked in the public sector and she continues to work for the Prison Mental Health Service.   In addition, she has undertaken work for the College and she spent 6 years as the Co-Chair of the Committee for Examinations.

    32 min

  6. FEB 22

    2025 Conference Ep 5 - ABC for a Medicolegal Report with A/Prof Christopher Cunneen OAM

    ABC for a Medicolegal Report A/Prof Christopher Cunneen OAM A/Prof Christopher Cunneen is a Consultant in Occupational and Environmental Medicine, with a distinguished career improving worker health in both corporate and government settings. Performing over 1000 independent medical assessments annually, he is a trusted expert regularly called upon by courts, tribunals, and legal professionals across Australia. He received the Order of Australia Medal in 2018 for his service to medicine and is the Founding Director of the Independent Medical Evaluators College Australasia. A/Prof Cunneen is a recognised expert on the AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment (4th, 5th, and 6th Editions); also serves on 6th Edition International Advisory Board. He is passionate about sharing his knowledge on independent medical evaluation and assessment of Permanent Impairment with colleagues, legal professionals and government departments. A/Prof Cunneen is an examiner for RACP/AFOEM, and mentors emerging OEM specialists in Queensland. He has proudly served as a Medical Officer in the Australian Defence Force for almost 40 years and has volunteered with St John Ambulance QLD for 35 years.

    32 min

  7. FEB 15

    2025 Conference Ep 4 - Expert Evidence: Sharing is Caring with Paul Telford

    Expert Evidence: Sharing is Caring Paul Telford Paul holds a Master’s Degree in Law and practices in all areas of commercial, construction, estate and insurance law, including statutory claims and the defence of professional negligence/medical malpractice actions. He has extensive experience in all forms of Alternative Dispute Resolution, Disciplinary matters and Coronial Inquests. In 2011 he appeared in the Commission of Inquiry into the Queensland Floods and in 2021 he appeared before the Queensland Coal Mining Board of Inquiry following the Grosvenor Mine explosion. Prior to joining the private bar in 2005 Paul had practised as a solicitor for 10 years with a global law firm in Sydney and Brisbane and had also occupied an in-house role with a large Australian mining and resources company based in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. For more than 25 years, Paul was a member of the Faculty of Law at QUT where he taught at both undergraduate and post-graduate levels in the Law School. He has also lectured in the Faculty of Built Environment and Engineering and the Faculty of Business, where he assisted in the writing and delivery of an Executive MBA Course in Complex Project Management for the Defence Material Organisation (Department of Defence) in Canberra. He has regularly been invited to lecture in the Qld Bar Association Bar Practice Course. Paul is the author of two loose-leaf publications on Privacy Law available through LexisNexis and has been the Queensland Editor of the Australian Insurance Law Bulletin since 1998.

    24 min

  8. FEB 8

    2025 Conference Ep 3 - The Role of Experts with Kate Betts

    The role of experts Kate Betts Kate is a health law and policy specialist, experienced litigator and dispute resolution expert. Working almost exclusively for private and public sector health clients and their insurers for close to 20 years, Kate has developed a deep understanding of the way the Australian heath care system is funded, organised, managed and operated. Kate leads Corrs' health law and policy and litigation teams.

    29 min
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