Legal News (Healthcare Law)

Hayes welcomes publication of Interim Report of the Expert Group on Tort Reform and the Management of Clinical Claims

Costs Differential Orders have gained greater traction on foot of the recent Court of Appeal decisions in Moin v Sicika & O’Malley v McEvoy.

The practice of solicitors sending their clients for specialist assessment by medical personnel without a GP referral has been the subject of recent criticism by the Irish courts.

In 2018 the European Court of Justice gave its first substantive decisions on the issues of defect and causation under the Product Liability Directive 85/374/ECC

In an increasingly regulated world, the balance to be struck between allowing regulated professionals to maintain their own private lives whilst at the same time ensuring effective regulation is a source of some debate and one which is frequently re-calibrated.

As waiting times in hospitals, clinics and GP practices increase, those with managerial responsibilities in a healthcare setting should note with interest the recent decision of the UK Supreme Court in the case of Darnley v Croydon Health Services NHS Trust (2018) UKSC 50.