Professor John Devereux
Professor
TC Beirne School of Law
+61 7 336 52298
W313 Forgan Smith Building, St Lucia campus. Availability by appointment.
Researcher biography
John Devereux is Professor of Common Law and a Barrister of the High Court of Australia and the Supreme Court of Queensland.
A Rhodes Scholar, Professor Devereux has worked as a lawyer in a variety of contexts including as a Defence Force Magistrate, a Barrister, as a consultant to a multi-national law firm, a Law Reform Commissioner for Queensland, a legal member of the Social Security Appeals Tribunal and the legal member of the Health Quality and Complaints Commission.
Professor Devereux currently serves as a Member of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.
He has published widely in the fields of tort law. criminal law and medical law. His work has been cited by the High Court and by Law Reform Commissions.
Professor Devereux is an Honorary Fellow of the Australasian College of Legal Medicine.
Professor Devereux has served with the Australian Defence Force in the Australian Army (infantry) and in the Air Force (legal category).
He has seen active service in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Professor Devereux was awarded a Bronze Star by the United States of America.
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Genomics and Society The University of Queensland |
2016–2017 |
Publications
Books
Farrell, Anne-Maree, Devereux, John, Karpin, Isabel and Weller, Penelope (2017). Health Law: Frameworks and Context. 1st ed. Cambridge, England, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.
Devereux, John and Blake, Meredith (2016). Kenny criminal law in Queensland and Western Australia. 9th ed. Chatswood, Australia: Lexis Nexis Butterworths.
Devereux, John, Clarke, Andrew, Werren, Julia, O'Reilly, Jennifer and Greenway, Murray (2014). Torts: A Practical Learning Approach. Sydney, Australia: LexisNexis Butterworths.
Devereux, John A. and Blake, Meredith (2013). Kenny criminal law in Queensland and Western Australia. 8th ed. Chatswood, NSW, Australia: LexisNexis Butterworths.
Devereux, John (2007). Australian medical law. 3rd ed. Abingdon, Oxon, U.K.: Routledge-Cavendish.
Clarke, Andrew and Devereux, John (2007). Torts: A practical learning approach. Chatswood, N.S.W, Australia: LexisNexis Butterworths.
Devereux, John (2002). Australian medical law. 2nd ed. London, U.K.: Cavendish Press.
John Devereux (1997). Medical Law. 1st ed. London: Cavendish Press.
Book Chapters
Devereux, John and Beran, Roy G. (2022). Medical negligence law in Australia. Medical liability in Asia and Australasia. (pp. 1-12) edited by Vera Lúcia Raposo and Roy G. Beran. Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-16-4855-7_1
Devereux, John (2020). The Future of the Law Profession . Careers in Law: A Guide for Students, Graduates and Professionals. (pp. 301-307) edited by Manda Raz, Erwin Loh and John Devereux. Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-15-3627-4_8
Beran, Roy G., Devereux, John A. and Lafrance, W. Curt (2018). Legal medicine considerations related to nonepileptic seizures. Gates and Rowan's nonepileptic seizures. (pp. 178-182) Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781316275450.017
Devereux, John (2017). Medical practitioner liability in negligence. Tensions and traumas in health law. (pp. 586-605) edited by Ian Freckelton and Kerry Peterson. Annandale, NSW Austraila: The Federation Press.
Devereux, J. A. (2013). Providing expert evidence in an Australian court: a lawyer's view. Legal and Forensic Medicine. (pp. 1007-1014) edited by Roy G. Beran. Berlin, Germany: Springer Berlin Heidelberg. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-32338-6
Devereux, John, Beran, Roy and LaFrance, W. (2010). Legal Medicine Considerations Related to Non-epileptic Seizures. Gates and Rowan's Non Epileptic Seizures. (pp. 157-160) edited by Stephen Schacter and W. Curt LaFrance. New York, United States: Cambridge University Press.
Farmer, J., Middleton, W. and Devereux, J. (2008). Dissociative identity disorder and criminal responsibility. Forensic aspects of dissociative identity disorder. (pp. 79-99) edited by Adrian Sachs and Graeme Galton. London, United Kingdom: Karnac Books.
Devereux, John A., Beran, Roy, McClin, William, Lehman, Cynthia, Falk-Pedersen, Johan, De Boer, Hanneke M. and Finucane, Alexandra (2008). Legal Concerns and Effective Advocacy Strategies. Epilepsy : a comprehensive textbook. (pp. 2277-2282) edited by Jerome Engel and Timothy Pedley. Philadelphia, U.S.A.: Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.
Devereux, John A. (2008). Convergence in Health Law Systems: Plus Ca Change. Health Capital and Sustainable Socioeconomic Development. (pp. 133-150) edited by Patricia A. Cholekwa and Mitra M. Motlagh. Baton Rouge, Florida: CRC, Taylor and Francis.
Roy Beran and Devereux, John A. (2007). Drivers and the Law. Legal Medicine. (pp. 705-709) edited by S. Sandy Sanbar, Marvin H. Firestone, Sal Fiscina, Theodore L. Le Blang, Cyril H. Wecht and Miles J. Zaremski. Philadelphia: Mosby Elsevier.
Roy Beran and Devereux, John A. (2007). Privacy. Legal Medicine. (pp. 699-704) edited by S. Sandy Sanbar, Marvin H. Firestone, Sal Fiscina, Theodore R. LeBlang, Cyril H. Wecht and Miles J. Zaremski. Philadelphia: Mosby Elsevier.
Devereux, J A (2006). Continuing Conundrums in Competency. First Do No Harm: Law, Ethics and Healthcare. (pp. 235-253) edited by McLean, S.. London: Ashgate Publishing.
Devereux, John and Parker, Malcolm (2006). Competency issues for young persons and older persons. Disputes and Dilemmas in Health Law. (pp. 54-76) edited by Ian R. Freckelton and Kerry Anne Petersen. Annandale, N.S.W., Australia: Federation Press.
Devereux, J. A. (2005). Supplement to the 2nd edition australian medical law. Australian Medical Law. (pp. not found-not found) edited by x. London: Cavendish.
Devereux, J. (2002). Guardianship and consent. Epilepsy: A question of ethics. (pp. 55-61) edited by Roy G. Beran. Tel Aviv, Israel: Yozmot Publishing.
Devereux, J. (2002). Health Law. Oxford Companion to the High Court of Australia. (pp. xx-xx) edited by Tony Blackshield, Michael Coper and George Williams. South Melbourne, Vic: Oxford Journals, Oxford University Press.
Devereux, J.A. (2001). Disciplines and boundaries. Health Research. (pp. 232-239) edited by Catherine Anne Berglund. Victoria, Aust: Oxford University Press.
Journal Articles
Devereux, John and Clarke, Andrew (2021). Of tall poppies and fat cats: liability for federal corruption. University of Southern Queensland Law Society Law Review, Summer (2021), 8-16.
Devereux, John A. and Beran, Roy G. (2021). Fitness to drive and seizures – Recent medicolegal considerations to tell or not to tell? – THAT IS THE QUESTION!. Epilepsy and Behavior, 116 107744, 107744. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2020.107744
Beran, Roy G., Devereux, John A. and Buchanan, Donal (2020). Some legal aspects of epilepsy. Epilepsy and Behavior, 111 107244, 107244. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2020.107244
Clarke, Andrew and Devereux, John (2020). A Longditudanal Analysis of "Obvious Risk" : The Elucidation of Principle and Process. Tort Law Review , 27 (3), 191-205.
Clarke, Andrew and Devereux, John (2019). Hard cases making bad law: The elusive search for a test for duty of care. Tort Law Review, 26 (3), 177-189.
Devereux, J. A. (2019). On not trespassing on trespass: In defence of separate torts of trespass to the person. Tort Law Review, 26 (2), 98-103.
Curtis, Caitlin, Hereward, James, Mangelsdorf, Marie, Hussey, Karen and Devereux, John (2018). Protecting trust in medical genetics in the new era of forensics. Genetics in Medicine, 21 (7), 1483-1485. doi: 10.1038/s41436-018-0396-7
Beran, Roy G., Sathiyaseelan, Sandiya and Devereux, John (2018). John cunningham virus status and progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy as material risks when treating relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis. Medicine and Law, 37 (4), 609-616.
Beran, Roy G. and Devereux, John A. (2017). Medical certificates attesting fitness to drive. Internal Medicine Journal, 47 (6), 637-639. doi: 10.1111/imj.13445
Devereux, J. A., Cordato, D. J. and Beran, Roy G. (2016). Treating stroke patients with a poor prognosis - what’s law got to do with it?. Medicine and Law, 35 (4), 593-604.
Devereux, J. A., Cordato, D. J. and Beran, R. G. (2016). Legal imperatives in treating severe stroke. International Journal of Stroke, 11 (8), NP86-NP86. doi: 10.1177/1747493016654485
Devereux, John (2014). Collateral Damage: A Patient, a New Procedure, and the Learning Curve. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, 11 (4), 563-564. doi: 10.1007/s11673-014-9579-3
Devereux, John (2014). Known knowns and known unknowns: the mysteries of intentional torts against the person. Tort Law Review, 22, 134-143.
Morrison, Natalie and Devereux, John (2014). Child saviours: reconceiving the ethical dimension. Tort Law Review, 22 (1), 3-8.
Morrison, Natalie and Devereux, John (2014). Child saviours: reconceiving the legal dimension. Tort Law Review, 22 (1), 9-21.
Beran, Roy G. and Devereux, John A. (2014). Reconciling medical and legal conceptions of surgery – an exercise in futility?. Tort Law Review, 22 (2), 68-74.
Cavanagh, Bryan and Devereux, John A. (2013). Reconsidering summary discipline law. University of Queensland Law Journal, 32 (2), 295-310.
Devereux, J. A. and Dobson, S. N. (2013). Airedale NHS Trust v Bland: 20 years on. Tort Law Review, 21 (3), 151-160.
Devereux, J. A. (2013). When practising fails to make perfect: medical treatment and battery. Tort Law Review, 21 (3), 120-126.
Beran, Roy G., Gerber, Paul and Devereux, John A. (2009). Usefulness of Austroads' fitness-to-drive guidelines: Lessons from the Gillett case. Medical Journal of Australia, 190 (9), 503-505. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb02529.x
Devereux, J. A. (2008). Death investigation and the coroner's inquest. The Australian Law Journal, 82 (2), 139-140.
J Devereux (2008). Callinan, the Constitution and Criminal Law : a Decade of Pragmatism. University of Queensland Law Journal, 27 (1), 71-89.
Devereux, John A. (2008). Review of Death investigation and the coroner’s inquest. By Ian Freckelton and David Ransom. Australian Law Journal, 82 (2), 139-140.
Devereux, John A. (2007). 'Medical law in New Zealand' by P.D.G. Skegg and R. Paterson. University of Queensland Law Journal, 26 (1), 203-205.
Devereux, J. A. (2007). The road not taken: Lessons to be learnt from the Queen v Gillett. Internal Medicine Journal, 37 (5), 336-339. doi: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2007.01349.x
Gulam, Hyder and Devereux, John (2007). A brief primer on Good Samaritan law for health care professionals. Australian Health Review, 31 (3), 478-482. doi: 10.1071/AH070478
Devereux, J. A. (2005). Actions for wrongful birth. INSAF, 3 (2004), 69-89.
Devereux, J.A. (2005). Law of tort. Singapore Journal of Legal Studies, 2005 (July), 301-303.
Devereux, J. A. (2005). Mental capacity. Australian Health Review, 29 (4), 493-493.
Devereux, J. A. (2005). Book review: 'Law of tort (9th Ed)' by P. S. A. Pillai. Singapore Journal of Legal Studies, 2005, 303-305.
Devereux, John A. (2004). Genetic privacy: a challenge to medico-legal norms. University of Queensland Law Journal, 23 (2), 520-522.
Devereux, John (2004). Alexander v Heise. Journal of Law and Medicine, 11 (3), 278-281.
Devereux, J.A. (2004). Informed Consent - Guardianship and Consent. Medicine and Law: An International Journal, 23 (2), 359-366.
Devereux, John (2004). Genetic privacy: A challenge to medico-legal norms. University of Queensland Law Journal, 23 (2), 520-522.
Devereux, John (2004). Discipline abroad: Re Colonel Aird; Ex parte Alpert. University of Queensland Law Journal, 23 (2), 485-492.
Devereux, J. A. (2002). Epilepsy - A legal perspective on obligations owed to patients by medical practitioners. Medicine and Law, Epilepsy and Law (4), 753-767.
Devereux, J. (2002). Throwing the baby out with the bathwater: An Antipodean perspective on claims for failed sterilisation (Melchior v Cattanach). Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal, 2 (1), 141-150. doi: 10.1080/14729342.2002.11421408
Devereux, J.A. (2001). McCann v buck. Journal of Law & Medicine, 8 (3), 249-249.
Devereux, J.A. (2001). Rosenberg v percival. Journal of Law & Medicine, 9 (1), 23-23.
Devereux, J.A. (2001). Queensland v nolan. Journal of Law & Medicine, 9 (2), 164-164.
Devereux, J.A. (2001). Tai v hatzistravou. Journal of Law & Medicine, 8 (4), 377-377.
Devereux, J.A. (2001). Melchior v Cattanach. Journal of law & medicine, 8 (3), 248-248.
Devereux, J.A. (2001). Melchior v catrtanach (appeal). Journal of Law & Medicine, 9 (2), 165-165.
Devereux, J.A. (2001). Wang v central sydney area health service. Journal of Law & Medicine, 8 (4), 378-378.
Devereux, J.A. (2001). Northridge v Central Sydney Area Health Authority. Journal of Law & Medicine, 8 (4), 377-377.
Devereux, J.A. (2001). Re A (children) (cojoined twins : surgical separation). Journal of Law & Medicine, 9 (1), 22-22.
Devereux, J. A. (2000). Privacy & medical confidentiality. Law and Technology, 21, 4.
Devereux, J. A. (2000). B v Marinovich. Journal of Law and Medicine, 7 (3), 249-249.
Devereux, J. A. (2000). BT v Oei. Journal of Law and Medicine, 7 (3), 249-249.
Devereux, J. A. (2000). If problem persists, please consult your guardianship board. The Queensland Lawyer, 20 (4), 170-171.
Devereux, J. A. and Berglund, C. A. (2000). Consent to medical treatment: Children making decisions for others. The Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences, 20 (1), 25-36.
Devereux, J. A. (1999). Cost of regulation. Journal of Law & Medicine, 7 (2), 227-227.
Devereux, J. A. (1999). John James Memorial Hospital v Keys. Journal of Law & Medicine, 7 (2), 115-115.
Devereux, J. A. (1999). Everything old is new again. The Qld Lawyer, 20 (2), 36-36.
Devereux, John (1997). Codes of ethics and the professions, by M Coady and S Bloch. Journal of Law and Medicine, 4 (3), 299-300.
Devereux, John A. (1997). 'An introduction to criminal law in Queensland and Western Australia', by R. G. Kenny. Journal of Law, Information and Science, 8 (2), 335-336.
Devereux, John A. (1996). Review of Law for the Medical Profession. Law Society Journal, 34
Devereux, J. A. (1993). Doctors, patients and the law. Journal of Medical Ethics, 19 (4), 243-243. doi: 10.1136/jme.19.4.243
Conference Papers
Beran, Roy G. and Devereux, John (2022). Futility: When is Enough, Enough?. Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australasian College of Legal Medicine, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 15 October 2022.
Devereux, John and Sanders, Lauren (2022). The duty to act in armed conflict. Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law, Canberra, ACT Australia, 30 June-2 July 2022.
Devereux, John (2022). Consent: An Application of Newton's Third Law. 22nd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australasian College of Philology, Sydney, NSW Australia, 20-23 May 2022.
Devereux, John, Tucker-Evans, Mark, Brolan, Claire and Williams, Karen (2022). Medical law panel discussion. Justice and the Law Panel Discussion, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 26 April 2022.
Devereux, Group Captain John (2021). The Australian Military Justice System: Understanding Military Discipline, Judicial Decisions, and Future Issues. The International Military Justice Forum, Paris, France, 18-19 November 2021.
Devereux, John (2021). Fitness to Drive: Some Legal Aspects. Australasian College of Legal Medicine Webinar Series - Legal Reflections, Webinar (located on zoom in Brisbane), 12 April 2021.
John Devereux (2020). PTE R v Cowen - On Jurisdiction. Global Military Justice Reform Town Hall, New York, NY United States, 5 October 2020.
Crowden, Andrew, Devereux, John and Lamont, Julian (2016). Ethical governance of biobanking and genomic research. Australasian Association of Bioethics and Health Law Conference, Melbourne, 24-26 November 2016.
Department Technical Report
Curtis, Caitlin, Mangelsdorf, Marie, Devereux, John, Morrison, David and Hussey, Karen (2019). Identifying the ethical, legal and social implications of genomics in Queensland's health system: a preliminary assessment. Centre for Policy Futures, The University of Queensland, Brisbane.
Newspaper Article
Curtis, Caitlin, Hereward, James, Devereux, John, Hussey, Karen and Mangelsdorf, Marie (2018, 12 19). Dramatic advances in forensics expose the need for genetic data legislation The Conversation
Seminar Paper
Devereux, John A. (2014). Public Forum. Your Health Future: Genes & Me. Translational Research Institute (TRI).