Articles - DAC Beachcroft

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Precision in Pleadings

Precision in Pleadings

The implementation of EU Regulation 2017/745 on Medical Devices (“the MDR”) has been the subject of some debate. The MDR currently provides for a tran ...

Statements provided for hospital inquiry not discoverable in subsequent personal injury proceedings

Statements provided for hospital inquiry not discoverable in subsequent personal injury proceedings

The High Court considered the discoverability of documents created for a risk management inquiry following the incident the subject matter of the proc ...

Time of the essence when seeking to renew a Summons – or to set aside that renewal

Time of the essence when seeking to renew a Summons – or to set aside that renewal

In this case the High Court considered an application to set aside an order renewing a Personal Injury Summons pursuant to Order 8, Rule 4 of the Rule ...

Requirement to Report Historic Sexual Abuse of a Child

Requirement to Report Historic Sexual Abuse of a Child

McGrath v The Health Serve Executive [2022] IEHC 541The High Court considered, as part of a judicial review, the proper interpretation of the mandator ...

Vicarious liability and non-delegable duties in healthcare claims

Vicarious liability and non-delegable duties in healthcare claims

The issues of vicarious liability and non-delegable duties have been both interlinked and evolving over the past number of years, particularly in the ...

Reduction in levels of Personal Injuries Awards

Reduction in levels of Personal Injuries Awards

The Judicial Council Personal Injuries Guidelines were introduced in Ireland on 24 April 2021. These guidelines will apply to all personal injury case ...

Court of Appeal calls for reform of management of medical negligence cases

Court of Appeal calls for reform of management of medical negligence cases

In their recent decision in McCormack v Timlin and others, the Court of Appeal have considered a number of significant procedural and legal issues ari ...

The Extent to which defendants must provide particulars of a "bald denial" in their defence

The Extent to which defendants must provide particulars of a "bald denial" in their defence

In the case of Crean v Harty, HSE and South Infirmary – Victoria Hospital Cork Limited [2020] IECA 364, the central issue before the Court of Appeal w ...

Ireland’s first national research ethics committees established

Ireland’s first national research ethics committees established

The Minister for Health has appointed the membership of Ireland’s first National Research Ethics Committees (NRECs) in the areas of Clinical Trials of ...

High Court orders discovery of post-accident medical records

High Court orders discovery of post-accident medical records

In the case of McCorry v McCorry [2021] IEHC 104, the High Court granted an Order for post-accident discovery of a plaintiff’s medical records in a pe ...