2007                        Called to the Bar of England and Wales

2006                        Appointed Senior Visiting Fellow, University of New South Wales

2006                        Publication of Mullany & Handford's Tort Liability for Psychiatric Damage (2nd ed.)

2005-2007               Member Confidentiality of Health Information Committee of Western Australia

2002-2006               Member Medical Board of Western Australia

1998                        Member Mental Health Review Board of Western Australia

1998                        Publication of Torts Tomorrow: A Tribute to John Fleming

1997                        Appointed Adjunct Professor of Law, University of New South Wales

1997                        Publication of Torts in the Nineties

1993                        Publication of Tort Liability for Psychiatric Damage: The Law of ‘Nervous Shock’

1993                        Appointed Inaugural Editor of the Tort Law Review

1991                        Called to the Australian Bar

1991                        Magdalen College, University of Oxford

                                B.C.L. (First Class)

1989                        University of Western Australia

LL.B (Hons) (First Class)

Frank Edward Parsons Memorial Prize in Law (most outstanding graduand)

Email: nmullany@3serjeantsinn.com

Nicholas is a highly qualified barrister specialising in medical and mental health law. He has extensive experience gained over more than 18 years of practice including numerous appearances in the highest courts of Australia.

Nicholas’ practice focuses principally on the common law and the law of tort and medical and mental health law in particular. It encompasses all aspects of civil litigation and regulatory proceedings including advisory, trial and appellate advocacy. He has particular interest and experience in judicial review and appellate advocacy in the superior courts where he has appeared frequently as lead counsel. Many of the cases in which Nicholas has appeared in recent years have involved important and complex principles of law or given rise to significant issues for the administration of justice.

Nicholas is the editor of the international legal journal, the Tort Law Review, a position he has held for 17 years. He was a co-author of the leading text on the law relating to psychiatric injury and is also the author of numerous other publications which have been considered by law reform agencies and courts throughout the world. He is a former member of both the Mental Health Review and Medical Boards of Western Australia and of the Confidentiality of Health Information Committee of that State.

Nicholas is recommended in clinical negligence and healthcare by the Legal 500.

Medical law - CLICK HERE TO SEE SPECIALIST PROFILE

Clinical negligence

Medical ethics

Human rights

Professional discipline

Inquiries/inquests

Judicial reviews/appeals

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Professional discipline - CLICK HERE TO SEE SPECIALIST PROFILE  

Employment - CLICK HERE TO SEE SPECIALIST PROFILE

Discrimination

Unfair/constructive dismissal

Administrative/tortious workplace claims

Judicial reviews/appeals

Other

Sports law

Nicholas has presented numerous papers and seminars on various medico-legal issues, mental health-legal issues, tort law, limitation of actions and the art of advocacy. Courses taught as Adjunct and Visiting Professor of Law at various universities include advanced tort law and appellate advocacy.

Member Professional Negligence Bar Association

Member London Common Law and Commercial Bar Association

Member Mental Health Review Board of Western Australia (1998)

Member Medical Board of Western Australia (2002-2006)

Member Confidentiality of Health Information Committee of Western Australia (2005-2007)

Consultant to the Law Council of Australia (Federal Negligence Review Panel)

Member of the Law Council of Australia’s Tort Law Reform Working Group

Consultant to the Law Reform Commission of Western Australia (Limitation and Notice of Actions, Civil and Criminal Justice Systems)

Senior Visiting Fellow, University of New South Wales