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Following a recent landmark decision in the matter of Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board, handed down by the UK Supreme Court on 11th March 2015, Alison Kelleher and Sharon McCauley highlight the key findings for healthcare professionals.

The government has now published the long awaited draft legislation intended to empower the courts to award Periodic Payments Orders (PPOs) instead of lump sums in catastrophic injury claims.

The office of ombudsman Peter Tyndall recently applied to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform for an extension of its jurisdiction to encompass matters concerning clinical judgment.

The Medical Council recently published its Annual Report for 2014. Aisling Malone of Hayes solicitors summarises the trends in the general profile of the profession and also in the Medical Council’s complaints process.

Many working parents look to use statutory parental leave to take time off during the school summer holidays to mind their children, particularly when the kids are of national school going age. Indeed working parents often have little option but to seek this leave given the high cost of childcare in Ireland and the lack of any real affordable short-term childcare options.

Laura Fannin and Matthew Austin of Hayes solicitors recently spoke to representatives from a variety of businesses involved in the Irish motor industry