Legal News (Healthcare Law)

The Supreme Court has upheld a judgment of the High Court quashing a decision by the Medical Council of Ireland to find a Consultant Paediatric Surgeon, Professor Martin Corbally, guilty of poor professional performance (PPP).

The judgment of Mr Justice Nicholas Kearns in this case represents a significant decision of the High Court regarding costs, and more particularly, the issue of appropriate legal fees. Hayes successfully represented the Defendant in this case.

In a recent Supreme Court Judgment, Ms Justice Laffoy dismissed the appeal of Bridget Doyle, who died before the hearing of her appeal had been concluded, on the grounds that none of the heads of damages in her claim survived her death.

On 22 January 2015, a Dáil Joint Committee on Health and Children looked at the challenge of the rising cost of professional medical indemnity insurance.

The Medical Protection Society (MPS) has mounted a strong campaign for reform of the Irish legal system in relation to clinical (medical) negligence claims.

CORU, Ireland’s multi-profession health and social care regulator, has been given the power to deal with complaints from members of the public in relation to certain registered social or health care professionals. Effective from 31 December 2014, this empowerment allows CORU to send complaints to a Committee of Inquiry to adjudicate on Fitness to Practise where it deems it necessary.