Simone Tune

Background

About Simone Tune

I am a specialist medico-legal lawyer with over 10 years advisory experience in the health sector, supporting health providers with clinical governance by advising on legal risks associated with clinical care and the development of risk mitigation strategies and incident response protocols; ensuring policies and consent forms are compliant with legal obligations; supporting internal investigations into adverse events or complaints; advising on reporting obligations to regulators; advising on the Privacy Act and the Health Information Privacy Code; helping organisations through coronial inquiries; and providing training to clinical staff and health agencies on medico legal risk minimisation. I also have 25 years' litigation experience across health law, criminal law and public law. I have conducted over 50 jury trials for the Crown in the High Court and District Courts and have a wealth of experience in medico-legal litigation, including- Coronial Inquests - Human Rights Review Tribunal proceedings - Care of Children Act guardianship applications - Applications for declarations for the withdrawal of life support - Applications for Treatment orders under the Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act - Professional Indemnity insurance litigation.