Kathryn Lincoln
Partner
Health & Aged Care
Supporting the progression and innovation of one of the world's most vital sectors
How we can help
Health
Like all good health professionals, our Health team takes a holistic approach and believes that prevention is better than cure. Our specialist and multi-disciplinary Health team understands the commercial imperatives and structural complexities of the health sector in Australia, as well as the significant government and public scrutiny it faces.
Key services
- Contracting
- Public/private alliances
- Mergers, acquisitions and disposals - retirement villages, aged care facilities, hospitals
- Aged care accreditation
- Legal compliance
- Review of insurance arrangements
- Patient confidentiality and the use of medical records
- Privacy and Intellectual property protection
- Experimentation and medical research
- Medical negligence litigation
- Consent to medical treatment
- Decisions to withhold or withdraw treatment
- Regulatory procedures for therapeutic goods and devices
- Product liability
- Biotechnology
- Intellectual property protection
- Clinical trials
- Coroners inquests
Experience
- Department of Health
- High Profile Coronial Inquiry
- Acquisition and mergers
- Personal Injury Claim
- Defence of an Allied Health Professional
- Developments
- Provided planning, development approvals, rezoning, site contamination management and other advice in respect of a number of recent construction projects in Adelaide and SA, including:
- planning advice regarding development of the New Royal Adelaide Hospital.
- planning advice regarding redevelopment of the Old Royal Adelaide Hospital site.
Accepting instructions on behalf of the Department of Health to advise, act for and appear for almost all of the public health institutions in South Australia on a wide variety of matters. This has included general advice, claims handling and appearing as counsel, both in contested civil matters as well as coronial investigations and inquests
Representation in relation to the ‘Oakden’ Coronial Inquiry
Acted for Healthe Care Australia Pty Ltd in the acquisition of five private hospital businesses, based interstate. We also acted in the merger of three community hospitals to form Adelaide Community Healthcare Alliance Inc.
Defended a medical professional in a $4.1m personal injury claim relating to alleged negligence in the performance of hand/wrist surgery
Defended an allied health professional in 18 actions by former patients who allegedly contracted mycobacterial infections following the administration of biomesotherapy treatment (including coverage issues arising out of alleged breaches of infection control protocols)
Our Health & Aged Care Experts
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Recognition and Awards
- Kathryn Lincoln – Best Lawyers Australia 2021 & 2020 – Health and Aged Care Law
- David Martin – Deputy Chair of the Board of Southern Cross Care (SA&NT) Inc (SCC) the largest aged care provider in South Australia, and a member of the SCC Board’s Services and Workforce Subcommittees.
- David Rostron – Best Lawyers Australia 2021 & 2020 – Professional Malpractice Litigation
- Jeremy Schultz – Best Lawyers Australia 2021 & 2020 – Health and Aged Care Law
- Chris Sweet – Best Lawyers Australia 2021 – Medical Negligence
