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Bill Madden’s work places him at the cutting edge of a challenging area of law that can have substantial emotional implications for people.
In the face of what can be an exhausting legal process for clients, Bill’s approach remains solid, consistent and reassuring. Keeping a level head through the process is vital. His manner is quiet and the pathway he treads clear sighted and carefully. Securing a practical outcome is always uppermost.
“The most meaningful part of my work is helping people understand and work their way through the legal system.” - Bill Madden
Expertise
- Accredited Specialist
- Medical law
- Intentional torts
Books
Appointments
- Adjunct Fellow, University of Western Sydney, School of Law (http://www.uws.edu.au/law)
- Editorial Board, Australian Health Law Bulletin (Lexis Nexis)
- Editorial Board, Australian Civil Liability Law (Lexis Nexis)
- Member, Medico-Legal Liaison Committee, NSW Law Society
- Member, Specialist Accreditation Advisory Committee (Compensation Law), NSW Law Society
- Member, Privacy Advisory Committee (NSW)
- Stream Leader- Health Law, Australasian Association of Bioethics and Health Law (http://aabhl.org)
- International Expert Legal Panel, Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (Springer)
Recent Publications & Papers
- Litigation Practice Issues, ALA Medical Law conference, July 2011 Sydney.
- Facilitator for joint expert conference, Australian Health Law Bulletin, Volume 19 Number 5 & 6 Page 88. [Joint article with Tina Cockburn].
- The Doctor and the Law, Conference week – School of Medicine, University of Western Sydney, 22 June 2011.
- Tension between privacy and justice: Ordering medical tests, NSW Law Society Journal, June 2011, page 66 [Joint article with Tina Cockburn].
- Duty to patients spreads to companies, MJA InSight, 30 May 2011.
- Expert witness immunity: A wind of change? Australian Civil Liability Volume 7 Issue 10, May 2011.
- ABC Radio Law Report, Expert witness immunity, 10 May 2011.
- The cost of negligent opinion, MJA Insight, 18 April 2011.
- Antenatal advice & testing: Will the law insist on more?, 20th IIR Medico Legal Congress, 28 March 2011.
- Beware the dangers of saying ‘no’, MJA Insight, 28 March 2011.
- Hospital liability for sexual assault of a patient, Australian Health Law Bulletin Volume 19 Number 2 page 35, February March 2011 [Joint article with Tina Cockburn].
- Panel presentation- Medical records, MIGA IRM workshop Sydney, 5 March 2011.
- Causation: Scope of liability & material contribution, Australian Civil Liability Volume 7 Number 8 [Joint article with Tina Cockburn].
- Recent Developments: Orders to Submit to Medical Procedures including Genetic Testing, in Litigation: Balancing the Rights, Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, (2011) 8:8-11. [Joint article with Tina Cockburn].
- Proof of causation in informed consent cases: Establishing what the plaintiff would have done, Journal of Law & Medicine, (2010) 18 JLM 320. [Joint article with Tina Cockburn].
- The reasonable response of the reasonable person, University of New South Wales CLE presentation, 30 November 2010.
- Informed consent: The Review of the Law of Negligence and the utility of reference to NHMRC guidleines, Australian Civil Liability Volume 7 Number 5 October 2010 page 58. [Joint article with Tina Cockburn].
- Sexual misconduct by doctors: Mandatory reporting and civil liability consequences, Precedent Issue 100, page 15. September / October 2010. [Joint article with Tina Cockburn].
- Mediation hypothetical, MIIAA Forum Canberra 17 September 2010. [Jointly with Jeremy Gormly SC & Alison Biscoe].
- Loss of chance in Australia: Tabet v Gett [2010] HCA 12, Clinical Risk, Publication pending 2010. [Joint article with Tina Cockburn].
- Loss of chance in medical litigation: Proctor, Volume 30 Number 7 August 2010. [Joint article with Tina Cockburn].
- Recent Developments: Loss of Chance in Medical Litigation: Tabet v Gett [2010] HCA 12, Journal of Bioethical Inquiry [Joint article with Tina Cockburn]. Volume 7 Number 3, 2010
- Loss of chance in medical litigation: Tabet v Gett [2010] HCA 12, CCH Australian Health & Medical Law News [Joint article with Tina Cockburn]. Also printed in Torts in Focus, Issue 84, 10 August 2010.
- Loss of chance in medical litigation: High Court decision in Tabet v Gett, 98 Precedent 4 (May / June 2010).
- Loss of chance in medical litigation, Australian Health Law Bulletin Volume 18 Number 5, May 2010.
- Loss of chance in medical law: Issues arising from the High Court Tabet v Gett, College of Law Accredited Specialists Conference,29 May 2010.
- Clinical Handover issues, Panel discussion member, Avant Medico-Legal Forum, April 2010 Sydney.
- Loss of chance in medical law, IIR Medico Legal Congress Sydney, 22 March 2010. [Joint paper and presentation with Julia Lonergan.]
- Treating adolescents – a challenge in confidentiality and consent, Panel discussion, MIGA The Medical Insurance Group, 6 March 2010, Sydney.
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Professional qualifications & admissions
- 1993 Accredited Specialist NSW
- 1989 Public Notary, NSW
- 1981 Admitted, Supreme Court of NSW
- 1980 Bachelor of Arts, Macquarie University
- 1980 Bachelor of Law (Honours), Macquarie University
Radio Interview
Should expert witnesses and barristers be safe from being sued? (To listen to the interview, please click here and to read the transcript, please click here).