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Have you suffered from a surgery or medical treatment that has gone wrong?

Medical Negligence

Medical negligence is the improper, unskilled or negligent treatment of a patient by a physician, dentist, nurse or other health care professional.


Medical negligence can be:

  • failing to diagnose a condition or delaying diagnosis

  • failing to provide the appropriate treatment

  • failing to perform surgery with reasonable care and skill

  • failing to report correctly on test results

  • failing to provide post-operative care with reasonable care and skill.

Halfpennys’ principal Cathy Spurr has been acting for plaintiffs in medical negligence cases in Darwin since 1995.


Cathy has managed a range of negligence cases, some that involve physiotherapists, chiropractors, radiographers and specialists.


Medical negligence is a complex area of the law. If you believe you’ve been a victim of medical negligence, contact us for an appointment so we can understand your case and recommend the next steps.

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