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Thalidomide cases may yet end up in High Court
The personal injuries claims being filed in a ‘class action’ against the State by members of the Irish Thalidomide Association (ITA) could well end up before the High Court
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PIP Scandal Not Over
In autumn 2011 news broke that the French company Poly Implant Prosthese (PIP) had been using unapproved in-house manufactured industrial-grade instead of medical-grade silicone in the majority of its implants. This impure gel releases toxic substances into the body and can also cause implant rupture as well as inflammation and irritation. It is believed that […]
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PIP Implants Not Over
The scandal of women whose breast implants were made of industrial-grade silicone has not gone away, with the State this week stepping in to guarantee removal of dangerous PIP implants.
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Don’t run out on health and safety procedures
Is the recession to blame for the rise in the number of work-related deaths? IT’S SUPPOSED to be a straight-forward contract. You go to work when you’re scheduled to do so, do what you’re asked, and leave at the appointed hour – and in return you get paid a salary. But for 55 people last […]
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Don’t run out on health and safety procedures
It’s supposed to be a straight-forward contract. You go to work when you’re scheduled to do so, do what you’re asked, and leave at the appointed hour – and in return you get paid a salary.
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Solicitors abandon fight over complaint system
The Law Society, the ruling body for solicitors, has abandoned its fight to retain control over the handling of complaints against members of the profession.
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Solicitors abandon fight over complaint system
THE Law Society, the ruling body for solicitors, has abandoned its fight to retain control over the handling of complaints against members of the profession. Instead, a new state regulatory agency is to investigate complaints against solicitors. The society, which has regulated the solicitors’ profession under supervision of the courts for almost 150 years, insisted […]
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Legal Services Bill unveiled
A new legal services regulatory authority, a new complaints procedure and independent disciplinary tribunal for the legal profession, and a new office of legal costs adjudicator are among the proposals contained in the Legal Services Regulation Bill, published today. The new authority will have 11 members, seven of them lay, and will be appointed by […]
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Legal Services Bill
A number of proposals forming new bodies to regulate the legal profession are in the Legal Services Regulation Bill, published today.
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Medical injury cases are perhaps the most complex genre of personal injury law
At present the Injuries Board which was established to assess personal injury claims will refuse jurisdiction in respect of medical malpractice. To make a claim under medical malpractice/negligence the plaintiff must have suffered an injury as a result of such negligence caused by the person or body who owed a duty of care to the […]
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Medical injury cases are perhaps the most complex genre of personal injury law
At present the Injuries Board which was established to assess personal injury claims will refuse jurisdiction in respect of medical malpractice.
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Medical Injuries Idea is an Accident Waiting to Happen
The front page of The Irish Times on 8 June 2011 contained details of a proposal being considered by the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton, to establish a medical injuries assessment board. According to the story, this board would be modelled on the Personal Injuries Assessment Board (PIAB). This is, apparently, a […]
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