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August 2010 Structured Settlements Gain Momentum As work on officially reforming the payment of damages in catastrophic injury cases continues... View
July 2010 REVISION OF THE IRISH ANTI-DOPING RULES With all the fantastic sporting events that are happening at the moment, sports enthusiasts may be interested to know about the Irish Sports Council’s (ISC) Anti-Doping rules. View
July 2010 REGULATION OF COSMETIC SURGERY IN FOR A NIP AND TUCK Once accessible only to the rich and famous, cosmetic surgery has become increasingly popular in the past decade. View
July 2010 HEALTH INFORMATION BILL PENDING WITHIN WEEKS This long awaited Bill will offer significant and revolutionary advances in the use and protections afforded to personal health information in Ireland. View
July 2010 BREAST CANCER TREATMENT: THE WAY FORWARD Good news has arrived for both breast cancer patients and breast surgeons in the form of the recent report of Health Information and Quality Authority on Services for Symptomatic Breast Disease published on 26 February 2010. View
June 2010 The right to refuse treatment - recent English judgment Last month the English Court of Protection made headlines when it ruled that it would be lawful to impose treatment on a cancer patient, despite her refusal to consent to same. View
May 2010 Moving towards Periodic Payment Orders in medical negligence claims. The settlement of recent medical negligence cases suggests that the State and patients alike are willing to embrace the Periodic Payment Order (PPO) or equivalent in circumstances where there is as yet no statutory system for the making of such payments as part of compensation. View
May 2010 MDU claims over Irish jurisdiction again rejected. The latest development in long running legal battles arising from the Medical Defence Union's refusal to provide indemnity cover for Irish based consultants... View
May 2010 State to provide teenager with rare metabolic disorder with weekly tuition The State has agreed to provide 20 hours of tuition per week, and other educational services, to a teenaged girl suffering from a rare metabolic disorder. View
May 2010 Nurses and Midwives Bill 2010 The practice of nursing and midwifery is set for reform with the publication of the Nurses and Midwives Bill 2010. View
May 2010 Maintenance of Professional Competence for Medical Professionals The Minister for Health & Children has signed an Order bringing Part 11 of the Medical Practitioners Act 2007 into effect from Saturday 1 May 2010. View
April 2010 Ciaran O'Rorke Partner, Hayes solicitors appointed by President of the High Court to "Working group on payments for catastrophic injuries" The President of the High Court, Mr Justice Nicholas Kearns, has established a working group to examine how damages are paid in catastrophic injuries cases. View
February 2010 PAI Seminar “Cost Effective Legal Proceedings and Taxation of Costs” Martha Wilson recently attended a most relevant seminar organised by Public Affairs Ireland that highlighted a number of useful ways of effectively managing disputes to achieve the maximum saving of costs. View
February 2010 Make your own decision Buzzwords in some circles at the moment are advance care directives also known as living wills. View
February 2010 The Coroner – a Layman’s Guide The Coroner is an independent person with responsibility to investigate sudden and unexplained deaths. View
December 2009Frozen Embryos Are Not The ‘unborn’ The Supreme Court made headlines this week when it considered the age old question of when life begins. View
November 2009 Ciaran O'Rorke spoke at CLT Medical Negligence Conference on 4 December 2009 Ciaran O'Rorke, Head of Healthcare spoke at the Central Law Training Ireland Medical Negligence conference along with Dr Simon Mills, Desmond Ryan BL and Michael Boylan of Augustus Cullen Law. View
November 2009Medical Council Guidelines A revised guide to Professional Conduct and Ethics for Doctors has been published by the Medical Council. View
October 2009The Case for Advance Care Directives There has been a good deal of publicity on the topic recently following publication of the Law Reform Commission’s September 2009 report on Bioethics: Advance Care Directives. View
September 2009Medical Council - Professional Competence The Medical Council is now conducting a pilot study on Multi-Source Feedback (MSF) among hospital based consultants in Ireland... View
June 2009The First Public Medical Council Inquiry Did you know that the Fitness to Practise Committee of the Medical Council held its first public inquiry in March 2009?... View
June 2009Blowing The Whistle An introduction to Part 14 of the Health Act 2007 on Protected Disclosures. View
May 2009Speak Up!
The commencement of the public consultation on the content of the Human Tissue Bill.		 On 9 April the Minister for Health and Children announced the commencement of a public consultation on proposals for a Human Tissue Bill. The Department has strongly advised stakeholders to submit substantive suggestions before 29 May 2009 as making further significant change will become progressively more difficult as the process progresses. View
September 2008Radical Reform for Medical Practitioners
The New Medical Practitioners Act		It has been 30 years since the law relating to the regulation of Medical Practitioners has been substantially reviewed. View
September 2008Mediation in Clinical Negligence actions – does it work?In May 2008 both sides to a long running medical negligence action voluntarily entered mediation which resulted in the matter being brought to a conclusion. View
23-Jul-2006Sun and surgery in EuropeOn 16 May last the European Court of Justice made a ruling that will be of great interest to patients on waiting lists for surgery across the country.......View
23-Jul-2006Powers to prescribe given to nursesThe Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2006 contains, for thefirst time in this country, a provision allowing for the prescription ......View
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