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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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Medical Injuries Idea is an Accident Waiting to Happen
The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation has proposed the establishment of a medical injuries assessment board along the lines of PIAB.
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€7.5m settlement for woman paralysed ‘by parrot disease’
A WOMAN who claimed she contracted a rare brain disease from parrots said she felt "free" last night after settling a damages claim for more than €7.5m. A lump sum of €3m is to be paid immediately to Patricia Ingle (22) who is paralysed and brain-damaged after contracting the disease in 2008. She claims it […]
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€7.5m settlement for woman paralysed ‘by parrot disease’
A WOMAN who claimed she contracted a rare brain disease from parrots said she felt “free” last night after settling a damages claim for more than €7.5m.
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Artist gets €45,000 damages after hair fell out following ‘disastrous’ salon visit
A MOTHER-OF-THREE whose hair fell out after undergoing a colouring treatment at a hair salon has been awarded €45,000 in damages. Artist and painter Aileen Dunleavy sued Hair Republic of Galway over the treatment in March 2007. At the High Court, Mr Justice Iarfhlaith Neill said he was quite satisfied the hairdresser was "wholly responsible" […]
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Artist gets €45,000 damages after hair fell out following ‘disastrous’ salon visit
A MOTHER-OF-THREE whose hair fell out after undergoing a colouring treatment at a hair salon has been awarded €45,000 in damages.
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Woman almost died of infection she suffered after breast operation
A young woman who almost died following a breast augmentation job had to have nine procedures and skin grafts to correct the damage. Kate Murray (25) from Dun Laoghaire spent a month in hospital suffering from septic shock and advanced cellulitis as a result of a post-operative infection. The breast augmentation procedure, which cost her […]
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Woman almost died of infection she suffered after breast operation
A young woman who almost died following a breast augmentation job had to have nine procedures and skin grafts to correct the damage.
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