Medical Negligence

• Lavelle Partners Shortlisted for Neuro Rehab Times Brain / Spinal Injury Law Firm of the Year 2024

  • PostedOctober 21, 2024
  

  We are extremely proud to have been shortlisted in the highly prestigious Neuro Rehab (“NR”) Times Awards for the award of Brain / Spinal Injury Law Firm of the Year...

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• Mandatory Open Disclosure: New Era for Irish Healthcare

  • PostedOctober 9, 2024
  

  The Patient Safety (Notifiable Incidents and Open Disclosure) Act 2023, which came into effect from 26 September 2024, introduces mandatory open disclosure for specific notifiable incidents in Irish healthcare. This...

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• Medical Negligence Claim Dismissed Due to Failure to Obtain an Expert Report

  • PostedSeptember 23, 2024
  

  The Court of Appeal recently dismissed a Medical Negligence claim on the basis that the plaintiff had failed to obtain an expert report, a number of years after the claim...

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• Supreme Court Rules Judicial Personal Injury Guidelines as Lawful

  • PostedApril 25, 2024
  

  In a landmark recent ruling, the Supreme Court ruled, by a majority of five to two, that judicial guidelines which slashed awards for personal injuries do indeed have legal effect...

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• Assessment of Need Judgment Has Important Implications for Children

  • PostedMarch 25, 2024
  

  In January 2024, the High Court issued a judgment that could potentially impact a large number of children who have already experienced long delays in receiving an Assessment of Need...

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• World Head Injury Awareness Day

  • PostedMarch 20, 2024
  

  The 20th of March is World Head Injury Awareness Day. The day serves as a reminder to be aware of how accidents and brain injuries could be reduced by being...

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