Dr Katrine Del Villar
Faculty of Business & Law,
School of Law
Biography
Katrine Del Villar teaches Constitutional Law and Statutory Interpretation. She applies her skills in these areas to research in areas of medical law. She is particularly interested in comparative statutory analysis, and comparative constitutional rights litigation. Her principal areas of research interest are:- voluntary assisted dying;
- mental health law (especially advance decision-making);
- capacity and autonomy to make medical decisions; and
- consent to and refusal of medical treatment.
Katrine obtained a PhD from QUT in 2020, a BA (Hons)(Russian) from the ANU in 1995, and an LLB(Hons) from the ANU in 1997. She is admitted to practice as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of the ACT and of the High Court.
Personal details
Positions
- Senior Lecturer
Faculty of Business & Law,
School of Law
Keywords
ACHLR, end of life law, mental health law
Research field
Other law and legal studies
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2020
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy (Queensland University of Technology)
- Graduate Diploma (Australian National University)
- BA(Hons) (Australian National University)
- LLB(Hons) (Australian National University)
Professional memberships and associations
- Fellow - Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
- Member - Australian Centre for Health Law Research (ACHLR)
- Member - Australasian Association of Bioethics and Health Law (AABHL)
Teaching
Units currently taught at QUT:
- LLB203 Constitutional Law
- LLB107 Statutory Interpretation
- LWN164 Health Care Law and Ethics
Experience
In 2018, Katrine was a member of the Advance Health Directive Mental Health Advisory Committee - a joint initiative between advocacy groups QAI and ADA, Queensland Health, and consumers. The Committee was tasked with drafting material to train clinicians involved in treating consumers who have or may wish to make an Advance Health Directive for Mental Health.
In 2020-2022, Katrine was part of a QUT team led by Professors Lindy Willmott and Ben White, engaged by the Western Australian and Queensland governments to develop mandatory voluntary assisted dying training for participating practitioners in those States.
Publications
- Del Villar, K., (2015). Should supported decision-making replace substituted decision-making? The convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Coercive Treatment under Queensland's Mental Health Act 2000. Laws, 4(2), 173–200. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/124617
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Katrine, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).
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A complete list of publications is available at: https://www.qut.edu.au/about/our-people/academic-profiles/k.delvillar
Supervision
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I am currently accepting research students for Honours, Masters and PhD study.
You can browse existing student topics offered by QUT or propose your own topic.
Current supervisions
- Balancing autonomy and adult safeguarding: how effective is informed consent in restrictive practices authorisation in Queensland residential aged care homes?
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Shih-Ning Then - Indefinite forensic detention in NSW: care or punishment?
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Sam Boyle - Institutional Conscientious Objection and Voluntary Assisted Dying: A Conceptual Study, with Reference to the Australian Context
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Andrew McGee, Distinguished Professor Ben White - Restrictive Practices Laws in Australian Aged Care facilities: Respecting the human rights of aged care residents
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Shih-Ning Then, Professor Bridget Lewis
The supervisions listed above are only a selection.