Our Services ACT

King Street Lawyers is a specialist litigation law firm that has been conducting personal injury litigation for plaintiffs in the Hunter and also across regional NSW and the ACT for over 50 years.

We have developed an enviable reputation as specialists in the field of medical negligence. One of our partners, Catherine Henry is well known to regional lawyers in both NSW and the ACT as an expert in this highly specialized area of the law. Because of our specialist expertise in the medical negligence area, we often conduct cases that have been referred by regional lawyers from NSW and the ACT.

Read and download our fact sheets on medical negligence and health litigation:

• Medical Negligence Litigation
• Coronial Matters
• Mental Health
• How to Get Your Medical Records 
• Guardianship, Power of Attorney and Advanced Care directives

Medical negligence claims arise most commonly in the following areas:

• Obstetrics
• Gynaecology
• Surgery
• Misdiagnosis of treatment
• Administration of drugs 
• Emergency medicine
• Cosmetic surgery

Contact us for expert advice and assistance

Free call 1800 133 070 or enquiries@kingstreetlawyers.com.au.

A Recent Case

Our medical negligence lawyers were recently successful in a case conducted in the ACT Supreme Court on behalf of a female client who had complications arising from a vaginal hysterectomy performed at the Canberra Hospital. The case, Brus v ACT & Heaton , was heard over ten sitting days and the decision was delivered after the death of the presiding Judge, the late Justice Connelly.

One of the interesting aspects of the case was the fact that the surgery had been performed by a Registrar at that Hospital: a common occurrence even though the plaintiff had believed that the surgery was to be performed by a gynaecologist whom she had consulted prior to the surgery. There was much evidence during the trial concerning the Registrar’s level of experience, training and skill and ultimately the Hospital was found to be negligent for, amongst other things, allowing the Registrar to perform the operation which was beyond her level of skill and ability.

To read more about the case,  See A Recent Case in the ACT

Contact us for expert advice and assistance

Free call 1800 133 070 or enquiries@kingstreetlawyers.com.au.