Montgomery -v- Lanarkshire Health Board 2015 UKSC 11

I recently attended a Medico-Legal conference where Lord Kerr, one of the Judges responsible for this landmark UK judgment spoke. This impressive judgment aptly deals with the law on consent and is likely to be hugely influential in this jurisdiction where similar...

Boy left with cerebral palsy awarded EUR 4.5m damages

A SEVERELY disabled teenage boy with cerebral palsy has secured €4.5 million in a settlement of his High Court action against the Health Service Executive (HSE) over alleged negligence in the circumstances of his birth at Sligo General Hospital. The settlement was...