A Practical Guide to Medical Negligence Litigation covers the lifetime of a High Court medical negligence action from first contact with a client through to plenary hearing, settlement and mediation including inquests. This practical guide to procedural steps that must be taken cites all relevant case law and statutes including the Rules of the Superior Courts, the Civil Liability and Courts Acts 2004, the various statutory instruments and Coroners Act.
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Michael Boylan is Head of the Medical Negligence Group with Augustus Cullen Law. Over the past 30 years he has specialised in the area of medical negligence and has been involved in hundreds of medical negligence actions including many of the leading Irish medical negligence cases including the leading landmark case of Dunne v National Maternity Hospital (where he acted for the plaintiff). He has lectured extensively and has written numerous articles and book chapters.
Chapter 1 The Legal Principles for Establishing Medical Negligence Chapter 2 Causation in Medical Negligence Claims Chapter 3 Loss of Chance Chapter 4 Informed Consent Chapter 5 Assimilating Essential Factual Information Chapter 6 Inquests into Hospital Deaths Chapter 7 Are There Reasonable Grounds to Pursue a Claim? Chapter 8 Statute of Limitations and its Impact on Medical Negligence Litigation Chapter 9 Delay in Commencing Proceedings Chapter 10 Commencement of Proceedings (Pleadings, Parties and Preparations for Trial) Chapter 11 Discovery in Medical Negligence Actions Chapter 12 Briefing Medical Experts Chapter 13 Medical Records Chapter 14 Formulating the Claim for Damages in Serious/Catastrophic Injury Cases Chapter 15 Life Expectancy Issues Chapter 16 Structured Settlements, Periodic Payment Orders Chapter 17 Birth Injury Litigation Chapter 18 Medical Negligence Litigation: Reform Proposals Appendix - Precedents Mismanagement of Labour Resulting In Cerebral Palsy Delay in Diagnosis of Breast Cancer Orthopaedic Negligence Mistreatment of a Fracture
