This handbook is designed to be a reference as well as a practical tool. Registered Nurses in Australia have for a long time been enquiring about the specialty called Legal Nurse Consulting, but the availability of any national resources has been limited.This handbook has been developed in Melbourne,Australia, by Amanda S.Gossman, an Independent Legal Nurse Consultant and Critical Care Nurse who has significant nursing knowledge and experience. This handbook also provides useful information for those organisations who wish to employ a Legal Nurse Consultant for their Law Firm , Insurance Company or Rehabilitation Organisation. This handbook sets out the benchmarks for practising within the specialty of Legal Nurse Consulting. American Legal Nurse Consultants, who have been practising for over 30years in this field, have been the pioneers for the benchmarks as set out in this handbook.