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Medical Negligence
Our legal team has put together an extensive range of resources relating to medical negligence claims that you can view in this section of our blog. You will also find regular news updates concerning medical negligence cases and defective medical products.
Transvaginal Tape Claims: What You Need to Know
Important Information It was supposed to be a simpler and easier alternative to invasive surgery, but transvaginal...
How Much Time Do I Have to Bring My Medical Negligence Claim?
The Statute of Limitations imposes strict time limits within which an injured person must commence their claim. If you...
DePuy Pinnacle Hip Implants – Your Questions Answered
What is the difference between the design of the DePuy ASR and DePuy Pinnacle hip implants? DePuy ASR and DePuy...
Medical Negligence involving General Practitioners (GPs)
Cases of medical negligence involving general practitioners in Ireland have been steadily increasing over the years....
Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine Administration (SIRVA) – The Facts
What is SIRVA? Shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) is caused when a vaccine is injected too high...
What Compensation Am I Entitled To?
This post is concerned with describing the principles underlying how compensation is assessed.
The Nightmare That Is The HSE
The HSE was in the news yesterday when a report prepared for the organisation itself last year became public which showed how money is spent and wasted within the HSE.
What Does Legal Disability Mean for Time Limits in Medical Negligence?
Another relaxation of the harshness of the Statute of Limitations is that time will be deemed not to run against a...
How Will I Know if I Have a Medical Negligence Case?
If you suspect that you have been the victim of medical negligence the first thing you need to do (after, of course,...
When is Medical Treatment Negligent?
In order to be entitled to compensation, a claimant must show that the medical practitioner has liability to them in...
What is the Purpose of Bringing a Medical Negligence Claim?
While you may think that the answer to this question is so obvious that it doesn’t warrant asking, you’d be surprised...
Risk of Bloods Clots to Women Using Oral Contracteptive Pills
A growing body of research has shown that many Irish women who are taking some of the most popular contraceptive pills...
PIP Breast Implant Recall Ireland: McCarthy Solicitors’ Latest Update
It has been confirmed to us by the Irish Medicines Board (IMB) that some patients who had their surgeries organised...
PIP Breast Implants Ireland Update 24th January 2012
BAAPS statement a welcome contribution to the debate on cosmetic surgery regulation Having witnessed the anguish and...
PIP Update 19th January 2012
The PIP breast implant scandal has been gathering pace since media reports on the subject released during the...
DePUY ASR Hip Replacement Recall – Important Information for Patients
On the 26th August 2010 DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. – a division of Johnson & Johnson – announced a worldwide recall...
DePUY ASR – What Levels of Cobalt and Chromium are Safe?
The Health Service Executive last week stated that 2,022 of the approximately 3,500 patients affected by the recall of...
DePUY ASR Hip Recall – How Much Time Do I Have to Bring My Claim?
Most people are aware that if you suffer from personal injuries because someone did something they shouldn’t have...