Pamela Malcolm
Principal
Pamela has 25 years of professional experience in the provision of legal advice, litigation and dispute resolution. She is skilled in medical and hospital negligence, professional indemnity, administrative law, health profession regulation, general dispute resolution and in the assessment and management of institutional child sexual abuse claims. She is also a trained mediator.
Pamela has worked within large, national and state based law firms in litigation and dispute resolution and has also worked as inhouse counsel as a defence lawyer and in a prosecutorial role through her appointment to statutory authorities, in Western Australia and nationally.
Her executive and legal oversight of health practitioner boards and her project legal team management experience is extensive and includes advising clients at the highest level. She advises on corporate governance and risk management.
Pamela has acted for patients, health practitioners, insurance and re-insurance entities, health practitioner boards and private hospitals across Australia prior to commencing Malcolm Legal in 2021. She has represented both plaintiffs and defendants.
Key appointments
- Legal Consultant to law firms- high quality legal advice and assessments
- Legal Consultant, 6 month interim management of a litigation legal team 2021
- National Strategy Specialist, Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) assessing specific issues impacting health practitioner regulation
- Director Legal Services and Notifications (AHPRA) WA, 2010 – 2018 managing a large team of investigators and lawyers in a complex regulatory disciplinary environment for 16 health practitioner boards
- Special Counsel, AHPRA (Queensland) management of Tribunal matters
- Chief Executive Officer/ Registrar, Medical Board of Western Australia 2007 – 2010
- Senior Inhouse Counsel/Major Claims Manager at MDA National 2000- 2005
- Senior Associate at Clayton Utz.