Healthcare and Life Sciences


Sheybani is able to provide legal services to clients operating in the health and life sciences sector. In the healthcare sector, we provide legal representation to general medical practitioners and specialists in relation to claims of misdiagnosis and treatment by patients. We also provide advice and representation to patients regarding medical negligence applications and ensuing and existing court proceedings.


In the life sciences sector, we are able to provide legal services to individuals, pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical and general healthcare companies, start-ups, educational institutions, agricultural companies, and medical device companies. Our services are built on the work of lawyers and consultants with science backgrounds. We understand your language, because we understand the technology. As a result, we are able to provide specific and tailor-made advice to our clients.


  • • Commercial advice

We are able to provide advice on commercial and intellectual property issues on behalf of pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. These include R&D, licensing, supply and distribution, marketing agreements, clinical trials, IT, and privacy and data protection. We are also able to defend our clients interest against product liability issues arising from intense media scrutiny of products and any other legal issues arising out of such challenges, including maintaining their commercial interests.


  • • Litigious advice (Healthcare, medical practitioners and specialists)

Sheybani provides advice to medical practitioners regarding allegations of medical misconduct and defending complaints made at the medical council of NSW by patients. We also provide advice and representation regarding medical negligence claims made by patients against the treating practitioner or specialist in all Australian jurisdictions. This includes instituting defamation claims against both individuals and organisations.


  • • Litigious advice (Healthcare, patients)

Sheybani provides advice and representation to patients regarding both the investigative process and ensuing and existing court proceedings arising from medical negligence applications. We deal with issues related to misdiagnosis and treatment, obstetrics, paediatrics, gynaecology, dental procedures, surgery, orthopaedics, drugs and drug reactions and cosmetic surgery.


  • • Litigious advice (Life sciences)

Sheybani provides legal advice and representation regarding both the preliminary investigative process and ensuing and existing court proceedings. Sheybani provides specific litigation advice regarding the Originating Process and also filing of a Defence at the appropriate jurisdiction. We also provide advice regarding the protection and enforcement of our clients’ rights regarding intellectual property, and other contentious issues regarding product liability and consumer protection. We are able to provide advice in copyright, trademark, patent, parallel importation, counterfeiting, and misleading and deceptive conduct.

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