Ms Tracey Carver
Faculty of Business & Law,
School of Law
Biography
Background
Before joining QUT on a full-time basis, Tracey practised as a solicitor in commercial and real property law at the Brisbane office of Allens Arthur Robinson, Lawyers (now Allens Linklaters). The recipient of a British Chevening - Cambridge Commonwealth Trust Scholarship, Tracey completed her Master of Law Degree at the University of Cambridge. She is also a graduate of the B Business (Accountancy) / B Laws combined degree course at QUT, where she was awarded first class honors and a University Medal for her law studies.
Research and Service Interests
- Torts Law
- Health Law
- Legal Education
Researching mainly in the area of Torts Law, Tracey has published and presented conference papers on the law of negligence, including the formulation of duties of care (and their interrelation with the availability of insurance and the concept of plaintiff vulnerability), causation, damages assessment and civil liability legislation.
In the area of health law and medical negligence, Tracey has a particular interest in information disclosure, informed consent and patient decision making. She is a member of the Australian Centre for Health Law Research.
Tracey's research interests also include the area of legal education - with an emphasis upon teaching pedagogy, peer programs and Generation Y students.
Awards
- Vice-Chancellor's Performance Award - Learning and Teaching (2014)
- Honorary Member - Golden Key International Honour Society (2014)
- Vice-Chancellor's Award for Excellence - Learning and Teaching, Leadership (2011)
- CCH-ALTA Best Legal Education Conference Paper (2010)
- Faculty of Law Teaching and Learning Achievement Award (2009)
- Vice-Chancellor's Performance Award (2008)
- British Chevening - Cambridge Commonwealth Trust Scholarship (2000 - 2001)
Personal details
Positions
- Senior Lecturer
Faculty of Business & Law,
School of Law
Keywords
TORTS LAW, Negligence, Causation, Insurance and Vulnerability, Informed consent, Patient decision making and Information disclosure, LEGAL EDUCATION, Peer Assisted Learning and Generation Y Students, ACHLR
Research field
Law
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- Master of Laws (University of Cambridge)
- LLB (Hons 1) (Queensland University of Technology)
- BBus(Accy)(Dist) (Queensland University of Technology)
Professional memberships and associations
- Cambridge Commonwealth Society
- Senior Fellow of The Higher Education Academy (UK)
- Previously admitted to Practice as an Australian Legal Practitioner (2000)
- Member, Australian Centre for Health Law Research
Experience
.
- 1998 – 2002:
Legal Practitioner, Allens Arthur Robinson Lawyers (now Allens Linklaters), Brisbane
Publications
- Carver, T., (2020). Informed consent, Montgomery and the duty to discuss alternative treatments in England and Australia. Journal of Patient Safety and Risk Management, 25(5), 187–193. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/212329
- Smith, M. & Carver, T. (2018). Montgomery, informed consent and causation of harm: lessons from Australia or a uniquely English approach to patient autonomy? Journal of Medical Ethics, 44(6), 384–388. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/223621
- Carver, T., Cockburn, T. & Madden, W. (2018). Wrongful birth children and assessing damages for costs of care: Australian and British jurisprudence compared. Monash University Law Review, 44(1), 198–233. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/123206
- Carver, T. & Smith, M. (2014). Medical negligence, causation and liability for non-disclosure of risk: A post-Wallace framework and critique. University of New South Wales Law Journal, 37(3), 972–1018. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/79192
- Carver, T., (2011). Insurance and the law of negligence: An influential or irrelevant persuader? Insurance Law Journal, 22(1), 51–80. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/46806
- Carver, T., (2011). Peer assisted learning, skills development and generation Y: A case study of a first year undergraduate law unit. Monash University Law Review, 37(3), 203–230. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/58283
- Carver, T., (2009). Vulnerability, insurance and policy: the learner driver's standard of care. Murdoch University Law Review, 16(1), 6–31. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/40962
- Carver, T., (2007). Obviously Obvious: Obvious Risks, Policy and Claimant Inadvertence. Murdoch University Law Review, 14(1), 66–99. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/15018
- Carver, T., (2005). Through the Looking Glass: Wrongful Death, Remarriage and Australian Law Reform. QUT Law Review, 5(1), 1–27. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/18811
- Carver, T., (2005). Beyond Bryan: builders' liability and pure economic loss. Melbourne University Law Review, 29(1), 270–297. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/26496
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Tracey, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).
Awards
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2014
- Details
- Vice-Chancellor's Performance Award - Learning and Teaching
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2014
- Details
- Conferral of Honorary Membership by the Golden Key International Honour Society, on the basis of 'academic excellence, leadership and commitment to society' in acknowledgement of work performed in the Torts Peer Mentor Program, Faculty of Law (QUT)
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2011
- Details
- Vice-Chancellor's Award for Excellence - Learning and Teaching, Leadership
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2016
- Details
- CCH-ALTA Best Legal Education Conference Paper (awarded at the 66th Australasian Law Teachers Association Conference, 2011)