Articles - DAC Beachcroft

Articles by Laurence Mulligan

Adult Safeguarding in Ireland

Adult Safeguarding in Ireland

The main provider of services to safeguard in Ireland is the HSE which operates an Adult Safeguarding Policy within older persons services and service ...

Assisted Decision-Making (Amendment) Bill 2022

Assisted Decision-Making (Amendment) Bill 2022

The Assisted Decision Making (Capacity) Act 2015 was signed into law on the 30 December 2015 but, until now, had never been fully commenced. A number ...

Vaccination Compensation Scheme

Vaccination Compensation Scheme

Mr Justice Charles Meenan, in his December 2020 report into the handling of medical negligence claims, recommended, as a matter of urgency, the introd ...

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 ...

Vaccination claims update

Vaccination claims update

It is not that long ago since the last official pandemic. In 2009, just 12 years ago, the World Health Organization declared a swine flu (H1N1) pandem ...