Welcome to Sijbrant Legal -
We have particular expertise in:
- Home and Community Support Services;
- Health of Older Persons / Aged Care;
- Disability (residential and non-residential);
- Mental Health;
- Accident Rehabilitation;
- Specialist Behaviour; and
- Pharmacy services
We can assist in the following key areas:
- Commercial/Contracting
- Clinical/Medical and Client Matters
- Governance
- Employment
- Privacy
- Health & Safety
Providing legal advice - both strategic and issue-specific.
Available for in-house secondment and/or project roles.
Help-Desk arrangements available.
Legal support available:
- Commercial: contracts (in respect of clients/funders/suppliers/potential partners) - drafting and review; negotiations and strategy; engagement with funders; acquisitions and due diligence; tenders/bids; breaches/disputes
- Clinical/Medical – Clients and Health Professionals: client incidents; consent issues; enduring powers of attorney & welfare guardianship; mental capacity; disability; end of life matters including advance directives; safety; nursing; Health and Disability Commission (HDC) process and engagement; Coroner inquiries; professional matters and investigations under the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003; policy development; and education of staff and management
- Employment: general Human Resources matters including internal investigations and disciplinary processes; engagement with unions; collective bargaining; vulnerable employee matters under the Employment Relations Act; understanding and complying with the new Employment Standards rules
- Governance: Board advisory and Company Secretary matters; development of Governance protocols; assistance to manage Board processes
- Privacy: personal information disclosures/breaches; access requests; engagement with Privacy Commission and funders; policy development; education for staff and management in respect of obligations under the Privacy Act 1993 and Health Information Privacy Code 1994
- Health and safety: statutory compliance and policy development under the new statutory framework; WorkSafe process and engagement
- New legislation: submissions to Parliament; understanding implications; ensuring compliance; education for staff and management
- New case law: understanding implications from new judgments (in relevant areas such as employment, health and safety, privacy and general commercial); ensuring compliance; education for staff and management
- Legal compliance: Legal compliance programme development and education for staff and management
- Quality management via policy development and internal audit processes; incident investigations and reports
- Sector lobbying, negotiations and changes (eg Sleepovers; Family Carers; In-Between Travel; Equal Pay; Employment Standards) – engagement with Parliament advisors; advice and drafting submissions and discussion papers; experience in legislative drafting and development
