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Bradley Wright Barrister

3 weeks ago

𝗜𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 ?? 𝗔𝗺 𝗜 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱 ?In the last four years I have seen an increase in the tendency to seek compensation in the courts from practice owners rather than the dentists who performed the treatment.This is no doubt in part due to the well known corporatisation of practices.Parties in personal injury claims have started to include practice owners and directors in their claims.Also because of the relative complexity of seeking personal injury claims in dental matters, individuals are increasingly going to Tribunals seeking consumer law and contract claims instead of negligence and personal liability.This is important so that practice owners know they should seek indemnity cover for the practice as well as their normal personal cover as practitioners.Some indemnifiers will cover this as a matter of course, but some do not. Some will cover the corporate only if the owner(s) of the corporate treated the complainant patient.In any event, it is worth talking to your indemnifier if you have a practice that engages other dentists about cover because if you as a practice owner are a party to civil litigation arising from dental treatment performed by others in the practice - your insurance may not cover the risk.However this does in no way relieve practitioners from their need to comply with the AHPRA registration standards required for appropriate indemnity insurance to cover their scope of practice. ... See MoreSee Less

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Bradley Wright Barrister

4 weeks ago

𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲Since AHPRA and the boards commenced these case conferences in the last couple of years, some of those who assist dental practitioners have tended to form the view that these are peer related processes and therefore less formal. There may be dental practitioners talking with the subject practitioners at these conferences with the AHPRA officers, but informal or some “roll the arm over” meeting they are most definitely not.It maybe that these case conferences were intended to resolve some issues of regulatory action in a different setting, but time and time again I am aware of:1. Practitioners attending alone because their indemnifier appointed support person is not available or considered it was not necessary.2. Case conferences with serious ramifications because practitioners were ill prepared or poorly advised.If you are asked to participate in a case conference, it could be a ‘good thing’ but don’t attend alone, and don’t think it is a friendly chat. It won't be, particularly if you are not accompanied by an advisor or lawyer.If you don't have a support person able to attend, have them ask for an adjournment or ask yourself for an adjournment. ... See MoreSee Less

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Bradley Wright Barrister

1 month ago

It's rewarding for everyone when practitioners come to me early in the process, take my advice and crises can be averted.𝐔𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐻𝑖 𝐵𝑟𝑎𝑑,𝐼 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑎𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑎𝑑𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝𝑓𝑢𝑙. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑚𝑒𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑎𝑑𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑛 𝑔𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑒, 𝑎 𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑟 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑑𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝐶𝑃𝐷 , 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑑𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑛𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛 𝑚𝑦 𝑝𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑒.𝐼 𝑎𝑚 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑙𝑦 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛,𝐷𝑟 𝑋 ... See MoreSee Less

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