In April, we published the following question on notice (15/4) asked of Mr Paul Lucas, the Queensland Deputy Premier & Health Minister:
“Is the Deputy Premier aware of allegations that solicitors representing Qld Health have fabricated reasons in order to obtain an innocent man’s psychiatric and medical records, without his knowledge, and deceived the Ombudsman and previous Health Minister, into believing they were ‘directly relevant’ to his wife’s medicolegal claim and, if so, will he support a public inquiry?”
The anonymous spy who tipped us off to the question on notice also sent us the following comments:
It might be of interest to Firmspy that the law firm is Minter Ellison (Brisbane), and the principal solicitor in question is Simon Alroe.
In response to this post, we received the following comments from an anonymous ex-Minters spy:
I do not know anything about the dispute between Simon Alroe and Minter Ellison as it blew up after I left Minters. However, the Question on Notice relates to a matter in which I was personally involved. Simon signed the correspondence as he was the supervising partner. I can assure you that the records WERE directly relevant to this man’s wife’s medicolegal claim. Any suggestion of dishonesty or misleading conduct is incorrect. You ought to give this feedback as much prominence as your original story rather than tucking it away as a comment.
We think we have definitely now given this feedback an appropriate amount of prominence. But let us also prominently display the comments written by the original anonymous spy in response:
Hi again, I am the man who sent you the story re Qld Parliament QON 769 concerning Simon Alroe’s illegal access to my medical and psych records (depression in 2000). I have just read the ex-employee Minters “spy” (bet it was Sarah Williams as she was also heavily involved!) stating that my records were “directly relevant” to my wife’s medicolegal Claim.
(NB: My wife’s claim to the Qld Supreme Court was one of “failing to diagnose and treat a neurological disorder” RSD/CRPS from a Brisbane vascular ward (a diagnosis they suspected, but failed to investigate).RSD/CRPS has an Australian Disease Code as an organic disorder.)
There was NO PSYCH CLAIM OF ANY KIND.
I can supply documents which will prove to you, and others, how factually incorrect the Minters “spy’s” statement is. The documents can be:
i) Wife’s Statement of Claim
ii) Simon Alroe’s “lies” (6) to the Qld Ombudsman eg that my wife was suing for psych injury
iii) My letter to Qld Ombudsman Office outlining Simon Alroe’s “lies” with supporting documents.
iv) Mike Allsopp’s Qld Health Registered Memo (he was the Fraser Coast Health District Manager at that time) stating Minter Ellison simply phoned an FOI Officer to request my health records (no Court Order, I was unaware of this happening. This breaks all PIPA Protocol).
…Whatever you want for me to prove my claims to your web site, I am more than happy to provide documents etc to you. PS I have just come out of hospital following a heart attack from all the stress of fighting this issue over 5 years + (can prove my hospital stay)…but I will NOT let this issue be buried. I even have a barrister who confirmed in a letter to me that what Simon Alroe claimed, was fraud.
We wont let this issue be buried either. So please, send us each of the documents listed above. We think our readership would like to read the facts in greater detail. We also call for Simon Alroe and/or Sarah Williams, or any other Minters employees involved in this issue, to contact the Firm Spy with any further details.
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