Kathryn Booth

Principal

Key practice areas: Medical Negligence
Qualifications: LLB, BEc
Location: Melbourne (VIC)

Kathryn Booth heads the national Medical Negligence practice. She is an expert in medical malpractice law and practices exclusively on behalf of patients and their families.

She is a Law Institute accredited specialist in personal injury law and practises in the jurisdictions of the Supreme Court, County Court and Coroner's Court. Kathryn has also been successful in High Court applications.

Kathryn has achieved hundreds of settlements for catastrophically injured adults and children due to medical negligence. She has a special interest in women's health issues, particularly obstetrics and gynaecology. Sheis calling on the Victorian Government to amend legislation to expand Coronial powers to investigate still births which occur every year in Victoria.

Kathryn is a member of the Australian Lawyers Alliance and established the Women's Law Section at Maurice Blackburn.  She is also the Chairperson of the Law Institute of Victoria's Medical Negligence and Public Liability Committee, a member of the Law Institute of Victoria's Litigation Lawyers Executive Committee and on the Board of Maurice Blackburn.

Kathryn also lectures to lawyers, doctors and hospital managers on the duty of care owed to patients.

 

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