Medico-Legal Society of Queensland (MLSQ) Podcast

Medico-Legal Society of Queensland (MLSQ)

Audio recordings from various MLSQ Live Events.

  1. 5D AGO

    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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. FEB 1

    2025 Conference Ep 2 - Medico-legal Reporting - Tips and Traps with A/Prof Robert Labrom

    Medico-legal Reporting - Tips and Traps A/Prof Robert Labrom Dr Robert Labrom is an orthopaedic surgeon who has a practice specializing in Adult and Paediatric Spinal conditions. He works in private practice at The Welsey Hospital and at Queensland Children’s Hospital. His special interest is scoliosis surgery. Dr Labrom is an Adjunct Professor at QUT and is a Director of the Biomechanics and Spine Research Group based at QCH and QUT. He also has Masters in Spinal Biomechanics (University of British Columbia) and is widely published. Dr Labrom has a significant medicolegal practice that offers independent opinions for both plaintiff and defendant legal teams. He enjoys spending time with his family, walking, travelling and art.

    26 min

  5. JAN 25

    2025 Conference Ep 1 - Getting It Right: How to Brief Experts and Choose the Best Fit with Kirsten Van Der Wal

    Getting It Right: How to Brief Experts and Choose the Best Fit Kirsten Van Der Wal Kirsten Van Der Wal is a Senior Associate and the head of Maurice Blackburn’s medical negligence department in Queensland and the Northern Territory. Kirsten practises exclusively in the area of medical negligence. She is a committee member of the Far North Medical & Legal Society Inc and member of the Medico-Legal Society of Queensland and Women Lawyers Association of Queensland. Kirsten has litigated in the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal, and the High Court of Australia. She is listed in The Best Lawyers in Australia® for Medical Negligence and recognised by the Doyles Guide Leading Medical Negligence Compensation Lawyers.

    13 min

  6. JAN 18

    2025 Conference Keynote Address - Doctors, lawyers and the future of expert evidence with Dr Owen Bradfield

    Doctors, lawyers and the future of expert evidence Dr Owen Bradfield Dr Owen Bradfield is a dual-qualified medical practitioner and health lawyer, and currently the Chief Medical Officer of the Medical Indemnity Protection Society. He has 15 years’ experience in the medical indemnity insurance industry, where he has advised and represented doctors in a range of medico-legal disputes, including civil claims, regulatory complaints, employment disputes, Coronial inquests and Medicare investigations. Owen is also a health law researcher at the University of Melbourne, where his research into the intersection between doctors’ health and legal claims has been awarded a 2020 Fulbright Scholarship, a 2022 Premier’s Award in Health and Medical Research and a 2024 University of Melbourne Dean’s Award for Excellence in the PhD Thesis. He is also the Deputy Chairperson of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Ethics Committee.

    23 min

  7. 03/25/2025

    Doctors in the Dock - Judge Sandy Horneman-Wren SC

    Judge Sandy Horneman-Wren explores the complex world of disciplinary proceedings for health practitioners in Queensland in his presentation, Doctors in the Dock.

    46 min

  8. 02/21/2025

    I'm not a bad person.... am I? Navigating equity in a rapidly changing social landscape

    I'm not a bad person.... am I? Navigating equity in a rapidly changing social landscape A/Prof Rhea Liang A/Prof Rhea Liang is a general and breast surgeon on the Gold Coast, medical educator, Clinical Sub Dean at Bond University, and systems change leader. She researches, advocates and consults in diversity and equity issues. She serves on the British Journal of Surgery editorial board and the American College of Surgeons International Relations Committee. She is the past Chair of the RACS Operate With Respect Education committee, current Chair of the Commonwealth A Better Culture Curriculum Design group, and in 2023 became the first Australian woman awarded RCSEng(Hon) for contributions to surgical education and diversity over the past two decades.

    52 min
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