MEETINGS

The Wellington Medico Legal Society has a programme of regular monthly meetings featuring guest speakers. The presentations are held at Denton Kensington Swan, lv 9, 89 The Terrace,, Wellington.

The format of the meetings are:

6.00 pm | Presentation followed by questions and discussion

7.00 pm | Drinks and Canapes 

7.30 pm | Finish

You are welcome to attend a meeting as a guest.  Please register your interest with the Secretary via our Contact page. 

The Committee would be pleased to receive suggestions from members for future speakers who are interesting, entertaining and are able to contribute to the intellectual discussion on medico legal matters. 

UPCOMING MEETING

Date: Sept / Oct 2021

Denton Kensington Swan Lawyers | 89 The Terrace, Wellington

Topic: To be confirmed

Speaker: To be confirmed

PAST MEETINGS OF THE WELLINGTON MEDICO LEGAL SOCIETY

• 26 November 2019 | Christmas Function | Panel discussion - Matthew McClelland QC, Henry Stubbs of ASMS and Aleyna Hall of MCNZ

• 5 September 2019 | Joseph Fitzgerald | Update on the changes proposed by the new Privacy Bill

• 7 August 2019 | Dr Ken Quarrie | Chronic traumatic encephalopathy: myths, realities and implications for contact sports

• 2 July 2019 | Prof Graham Mellsop | Disturbing trends in the epidemiology of Schizophrenia in New Zealand (presentation slides here)

• 4 June 2019 | Warren Forster | Bringing Sir Owen’s vision to life - a Vison for the Future of Aotearoa New Zealand

• 9 May 2019 | Dr Mark Davis | Learning from experience: a personal reflection on thirty years of medico-legal psychiatry, especially ACC (presendation slides here)

• 22 August 2018 | Prof Gregor Coster | Independent Assurance Review for the National Bowel Screening Programme: Is our bowel screening programme fit for purpose?

• 26 June 2018 | Dr Paul Nealis | Moral Injury - an emerging diagnosis for veterans of conflict

• 15 May 2018 | Dr Angela Ballantyne | Unconscious Bias in Medicine and the Law

• 29 November 2017 | Dr Derek Sherwood | Choosing wisely

• 24 October 2017 | Military Medicine in Iraq

• 19 September 2017 | Helen Morgan-Banda | The Critical GP Shortage

• 23 August 2017 | Adam Lewis | AGM – Mediating Health Disputes

• 5 July 2017 | Professor Ron Jones | Doctors in Denial

• 6 Dec 2016 | David Howman | Current threats to sport integrity : do cheats prosper?

• 25 Nov 2016 | Hon David Kilgour | Investigations into organ execution in China

• 9 Nov 2016 | Prof Susan Morton | Introducing the new general of kiwi kids - evidence from Growing Up in New Zealand

• 13 Sept 2016 | Judge John Walker | Looking at the history - complexities of youth offending

• 28 April 2016 | Dr Tim Cookson | A day in the life of a medico-legal adviser

• 10 December 2015 | Dr Andrew Butler | Lessons from Lecretia: evidence aided discussion on aid in dying

• 8 October 2015 | Professor Alan Merry | The public reporting of outcome data to improve standards and ensure accountability

• 13 August 2015 | Dr Cordelia Thomas | Substituted consent

• 1 July 2015 | Dr Richard McGrath | My experience working in the Australian immigration detention network

• 22 June 2015 | John Edwards | Privacy remedies for practitioners and patients

• 11 March 2015 | Dr Paul Quigley | You want me to prove what? Health Advocacy and Drug & Alcohol Laws

• 8 December 2014 | Dr Russell Wills | Solutions to Child Poverty

• 13 November 2014 | Dr Swee Tan | In Life There are No Ordinary Moments

• 20 October 2014 | Judge Bruce Corkill | Manslaughter, Misadventure and other Medico Legal Matters

• 19 August 2014 | Dr Alison Douglass and Dr Greg Young | Mental Capacity - Updating the Law and Practice: Is it Time for a Code of Practice?

• 11 June 2014 | Dr Jennifer Moore | Are New Zealand Coroners' Recommendations Maximising their Preventive Potential? An Analysis of 2,040 Recommendations, 2007-2012

• 27 March 2014 | Dr Tim O'Meeghan | Is there more to death than just simply dying – a cardiologist’s view

• 11 February 2014 | Prof Mark Henaghan | Health Professionals and Trust

• 4 December 2013 | Sir Geoffrey Palmer QC | Torts, Accident Compensation and Exciting Medico-Legal Adventures

• 18 September 2013 | Dr Peter Moodie | I'm from PHARMAC and I'm here to help you

• 13 May 2013 | Mr Chai Chuah | Perspectives from the National Health Board

• 21 March 2013 | Chief Judge Neil McLean | Are Coroners getting out of hand or are they being misunderstood

• 23 October 2012 | David Howman | Challenges, issues, and advances in the world of anti-doping in sport

• 28 August 2012 | Professor Sir Peter Gluckman | Evidence in Social Policy

• 17 July 2012 | Rt Hon Maryan Street Rt Hon Kevin Hague Rt Hon Te Ururoa Flavell | What is the greatest hurdle to the on-going provision of healthcare in New Zealand and how can that best be addressed?

• 12 June 2012 | Rt Hon Justice David Collins QC

• 6 March 2012 | Peter Graham | The retrial of Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme (with expert comment from psychiatrists Dr Alan Doris and Dr Justin Barry-Walsh)

• 22 November 2011 | Royden Hindle | Putting it right? Monetary Remedies for Breaches of Patients' Rights

• 13 October 2011 | (AGM) Dr Aine McCoy | GP Complaints - trends in complaints and how can we make it better

• 30 August 2011 | Chris Hodson QC | A History of the Wellington Medico Legal Society and the future of medico legal law

• 26 July 2011 | Dr Geoff Robinson | Alcohol Misuse - Medical and Legal Perspectives

• 10 May 2011 | Dr Andrew Murray | Tick Tock .. Beat the Clock : Current and future options for women who wish to preserve their fertility

• 29 March 2011 | Iris Reuvecamp | The Application of Informed Consent in the Law

• 2 December 2010 | Tom Luce | Inquests and Public Inquiries in the investigation of deaths: A British Perspective

• 18 October 2010 | Tony Mason | Will Doctors Still Need Lawyers? The MPS view of future trends

• 22 September 2010 | (AGM) Andrew McIntyre | A Medley of Medical Insurance and Related Issues