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• Lavelle Partners secures settlement for Plaintiff who suffered an undiagnosed abscess on her brain following brain surgery

  • PostedApril 28, 2020

  The Plaintiff in this matter had a history of brain tumours and seizures before she developed a ganglioglioma of the right parietal lobe of the brain. Three years later, she...

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• Lavelle Partners secures settlement for Plaintiff who suffered significant damage to her teeth as a result of incompetent orthodontic work

  • PostedApril 28, 2020

  The Plaintiff in this matter was a patient of a dentist in Dublin. She was fitted with orthodontic braces and wore them for approximately 18 months, whereupon they were removed...

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• Lavelle Partners secures settlement for Plaintiff who lost her right fallopian tube and ovary due to overlooked torsion

  • PostedApril 28, 2020

  The Plaintiff in this matter attended at a regional hospital and underwent a pelvic ultrasound which revealed a cyst. Arrangements were made for the Plaintiff to undergo proper pelvic ultrasound...

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• Lavelle Partners secures settlement for Plaintiff who lost her husband due to delay in diagnosing his cancer

  • PostedApril 28, 2020

  The Plaintiff’s husband passed away from terminal cancer. He was referred by his GP for an unusual lesion in the left lower back that had increased in size over the...

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• COVID-19 and Subject Access Requests (SAR)

  • PostedApril 20, 2020
  

  At the end of March, The Data Protection Commission (DPC) issued guidelines on Subject Access Requests (SARs) during Covid-19 for individuals and businesses. The law in this area is still...

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• Covid-19 accelerates the move towards remote mediation

  • PostedApril 15, 2020
  

  The Covid-19 pandemic has profoundly changed our lives and forced us all into a ‘new normal’. The legal system is no exception. The Courts will be piloting remote hearings from...

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