Graham Kittle was surfing in heavy swell at Manly when a surfboard escaped its owner’s leg rope and smashed across his face, breaking his skull and scything a hole from his left ear to his jawline.
In the final two days of the case, heard by Justice Melissa Perry last week, lawyers for ASOHNS argued its members trained in surgical techniques should be able to call themselves facial plastic surgeons because it is “a very accurate description of what they’re trained to do”. She said she disagreed with the orders but complied with them to avoid regulatory action. This had led to some confusion among her patients, she said.
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