Health Law Partners Pty Ltd

Trusted legal service providers to the health industry

OUR MISSION

To provide senior, experienced lawyers to support the delivery of healthcare in Australia.

Health Law Partners is a "new law" firm that exists to provide experienced, senior lawyers and subject matter experts to support the health industry, at affordable rates. We do this through providing both 'traditional' law firm services and cost-effective secondments , tailoring the service to meet the needs of each client.

All of our lawyers have deep industry experience, having worked in-house in healthcare organisations, so they understand your business. Some of them even have clinical qualifications.

In 2024 we're also increasing collaboration with associates who bring complimentary deep subject matter expertise and breadth to our offering. This way we ensure that we stay on top of current developments in fast moving areas such as Cybersecurity, AI Governance, Clinical Governance and changes in the Victorian and Australian regulatory landscape.

PRACTICE AREAS

PRACTICE
AREAS

We often get asked, "what is health law?"

While health law may mean different things to different people, here at Health Law Partners it involves all aspects of law involved in the running of a healthcare business. Below are some of our most popular practice areas.

Medico-legal matters, including issues regarding consent, children and child protection, elder law, Advanced Care Directives, Medical Treatment Decision-Making, legislative interpretation.

COMMERCIAL LAW

PRIVACY, CYBER & AI

Contracts and Procurement
IT contracts
Intellectual Property (including commercialisation)
Property (leasing and licensing, Crown land)
Funding agreements
Asset transfers
Innovation

Privacy
Freedom of Information
Data Sharing agreements
Data Security
AI – advice and policy development
AI risk advisory and assurance (with Dr Malcolm Thatcher of Strategance Group)

MEDICAL LAW

LAWYER AS A SERVICE

Our lawyers are available for long term or short-term secondments. Our lawyers have worked in-house in both public and private healthcare organisations, or in private practice at top tier firms.

CLINICAL TRIAL/RESEARCH AGREEMENTS

Our people have deep experience in reviewing Clinical Trial Research Agreements involving some of Australia’s major research organisations

POLICY AND PROCEDURES

Whether you’re a large or small practice, we can assist you ensure your organisation’s policies and procedures are not only legally compliant but reflect your organisation’s culture and risk appetite.

COSMETIC LAW

COMPLIANCE

We help GP's and RN's understand and manage their business risks, which can include navigating AHPRA advertising guidelines, employment agreements and TGA requirements.

Legislation can be hard to make sense of sometimes, especially when change occurs. We can help you understand the regulatory environment which gives rise to your legal compliance obligations, in plain English.

OUR COMPETITVE ADVANTAGE

WHY US? OUR COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE

Deep industry knowledge, flexible, service driven, at the most competitive rates.

Sometimes clients just need to know that they can ‘phone a friend’ to get some extra assistance when workloads are mounting. Sometimes clients just need the ‘lawyer as a service’ option when they don’t have their own in-house legal team, or when there are skills gaps or capacity shortages. Sometimes clients need to cover leave, or staff absences and sometimes clients just want an extra pair of hands to help with the overflow.

We’re here to meet that need.

The Australian healthcare industry is a highly regulated environment, knowledge of which can take a long time to acquire. Our lawyers have a minimum of 10 years post admission experience, so you can be sure that they won’t spend your time learning on the job. Not only that, our lawyers are also commercial and pragmatic. We understand, at a very deep level, how to help our clients support their strategic objectives.

OUR STORY

I established Health Law Partners in May 2022 with three key objectives:

Support the delivery of healthcare by providing legal services that give healthcare providers what they need at a price they can afford;
Provide flexible, rewarding work opportunities for senior lawyers, many of whom are juggling family and life while trying to remain at the top of their profession; and
Pay staff well and support their individual professional journeys.

I'm delighted to say that we're managing to do exactly that. We are proud to count a significant number of Victorian public health services, private hospitals, aged care providers, GP's and Aesthetic clinicians as clients, and our client list is growing rapidly.

Thank-you to all of our staff for being part of the journey, and to our clients for continuing to support us. We also look forward to welcoming new clients in the future, so please contact us if we can be of service.

We look forward to supporting you.

Justine

Health Law Partners acknowledges the Boon Wurrung/Bunurong and the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples of the Kulin Nation, as the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the lands on which we live and work, and pays respect to their Elders past and present.

We acknowledge and uphold the Traditional Owners' continuing relationship to the land and waterways and extend our deep respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

JUSTINE RACZKOWSKI
B.A/LL.B, LL.M, GAICD

FOUNDER & PRINCIPAL