Kate Eyles 
Associate, Melbourne
Medical negligence
Diligence, empathy as well as compassion are attributes that Kate Eyles brings to her work every day. Quite often Kate’s clients are faced with very sensitive and overwhelming injuries that require the utmost care to handle.
Medical negligence is a diverse area of practice and there is no one typical client. Each client is an individual and each instance of medical negligence has its own unique set of complex facts. Kate handles matters that range from injuries to children from mishandled birth, failed sterilisation procedures, injuries following substandard surgical treatment, failure to diagnose serious medical conditions and spinal injuries following chiropractic or physiotherapy treatment.
Kate enjoys working for Slater & Gordon as she feels that being part of a firm that makes a real impact on the law as an advocate for the injured.
“The complexity of modern medicine means that there is a considerable knowledge and power imbalance between a doctor and patient. Patients are required to place an enormous amount of trust in the medical profession that the right thing will be done by them. So, it is rewarding and a privilege to be invited by a client into a very personal and private investigation of that breach of trust and to fight for their rights as injured patients.” - Kate Eyles
Expertise
- Medical negligence
- Public Liability
- Asbestos
Career history
- Slater & Gordon, since 2000 (Melbourne and Sydney offices)
- Leave of absence in 2006 to work for Eversheds, a leading UK law firm (Workers Compensation, Public Liability and Motor Vehicle Accidents)
Memberships & associations
- Law institute of Victoria
- Australian Lawyers Alliance
Professional qualifications & admissions
- 2002 Admitted, Supreme Court of New South Wales
- 2001 Admitted, Supreme Court of Victoria
- 1998 Bachelor of Laws (Honours) / Bachelor of Arts(Honours), University of Melbourne