Tom Ballantyne
Associate
Key practice areas: Medical Negligence
Qualifications: LLB (Hons), B.A.
Location: Melbourne (VIC)
Tom Ballantyne is an Associate in Maurice Blackburn's Medical
Negligence department.
Tom joined Maurice Blackburn as a trainee lawyer in 2006 and has
practiced exclusively in the area of medical negligence since 2007.
He also spent two years practising in the United Kingdom.
Tom provides advice and acts for people injured by medical
treatment and has experience with a wide variety of cases including
birth injuries, delay in diagnosis of cancer and other diseases,
orthopaedic and other types of surgery, wrongful birth,
catastrophic injuries, and fatal accidents.
Tom has also been involved in a number of coronial inquiries,
acting on behalf of the families of people who have died following
poor medical treatment.
Tom is based in the Melbourne office and also sees clients
in Geelong and Werribee.
Tom has been published in the Law Institute of Victoria Journal.
He is a member of the Law Institute of Victoria and the Australian
Lawyers Alliance.