Heather Kerley

Biography:

• Finalist in Lawyers Weekly 30 under 30 in the health, medical and personal injury category.
• Commenced in NT in general injuries work before transitioning into abuse law and then taking over as QLD/NT state leader in August 2023.
• Have worked in injuries law/abuse law my entire career.
• Honours student with a second degree in behavoiural science from the University of Notre Dame, Fremantle, in 2017.
• Ran the first abuse law case in the Northern Territory and created law on the point of successor organisations and a particular group home in the Northern Territory.
• Was instrumental in establishing travelling offices in remote areas of QLD and NT to ensure the regions receive personal injury services.

Awards & Recognition

Finalist in Lawyers Weekly 30 under 30 in the health, medical and personal injury category.

Speaking Engagements

Frequently speak at community legal centres educating on abuse law.

Maurice Blackburn CPD events held nationally.

Medicolegal Assessment Group Pty Ltd - Heather Kerley (Lawyer): How To Sensitively Manage Abuse Law Tickets, Wed, Jul 31, 2024 at 1:00 PM | Eventbrite

Invited to present at the NT archives - 'Evenings at the Archives': Heather Kerley, 'Historical Child Abuse: institutions and the law' | Library & Archives NT

Numerous articles:

Survivors of historical abuse in NT government foster care speak out over compensation delays, distress - ABC News

‘Crucial for our client’: Witness call for Mt Carmel College abuse case

Man sues Northern Territory alleging ‘sustained’ sexual abuse at Don Dale youth detention centre | Northern Territory | The Guardian

Spinal surgery delay sparks call for overhaul of NT motor accident compensation scheme - ABC News

“No longer the little boy in the corner”: Peter’s story of survival and justice | Maurice Blackburn