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Clinical & Medical Negligence

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Clinical / Medical Negligence is one of the most traumatic experiences that an individual can endure. At Malcomson Law, we believe that victims should be properly compensated for their suffering.

When a person places themselves under medical care, they place their entire welfare in the hands of another. When things go wrong, the consequences can be serious. Medical Negligence can lead to physical, emotional and personal trauma, as well as loss of earnings.

Malcomson Law - Medical Negligence

Malcomson Law believes that not only should the individual receive compensation for the negligence, they should also receive justice for the wrong done. We believe that this will also assist in heightened patient awareness and improved medical standards.

The specialist Health Law team at Malcomson Law offer a dedicated service to victims of medical negligence, working through the complicated legal processes in order to secure compensation for the damage done.

Types of Clinical & Medical Negligence claims:

Compensation Schemes

There are Compensation Schemes attached to medical negligence injuries. People with haemophilia infected with Hepatitis C and/or HIV from contaminated blood products have such a scheme.

There is also the Residential Institutions Redress Board for victims of Institutional Abuse in State run institutions, along with a Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse.

There is a Lourdes Hospital Redress Scheme for victims of the wrongful practices of Dr Michael Neary, an obstetrician who performed unnecessary hysterectomies and oopherectomies in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, Co Louth between 1974 and 1998.

People who were damaged by Vioxx can take claims through the US system, where class claims are prevalent. Those who were affected by the Organ Retention scandal can contact us and we can also asisst anyone who is wishing to seek a refund of illegal nursing home charges.

We represent families at Inquests and we were at the forefront in implementing changes in the Coroners Act and we can also assist you if you have suffered as the result of MRSA, Clostridium Difficile (C. difficile), or Cryptosporidiosis.

If you are a healthcare professional and have suffered an occupationally-acquired injury, such as HIV or Hepatitis C from a needle-stick injury, our specialist team can also assist you.

We also provide a unique Client Liaison service, a representative who will be there for you every step of the way. Our client liaison representative, Rosemary Daly, is a non-lawyer with considerable track record of helping people through the many difficult issues that taking such cases can surface.

Making a claim

For further information and advice regarding your legal rights and entitlements, please contact Malcomson Law by calling 01 8744422 or complete an Online Enquiry Form. Your enquiry will be forwarded to a solicitor who specialises in Medical Negligence.

Background to Malcomson Law's extensive experience of Helath Law cases

Over the past ten years, there has been a series of health-related scandals in Irish public life, the scale and complexity of which are unprecedented.

The blood products scandal, for example, involving the contamination of hundreds of Irish men and women with the deadly Hepatitis C and HIV viruses, led to compensation tribunals and public inquiries, as well as top-level political controversy.

Then there were the hospital-related negligence stories: the needless removal of women's wombs by a consultant obstetrician in a major Irish hospital, and the retention of deceased children's organs by a number of hospitals, without the consent of the families involved.

These scandals all have one thing in common: Malcomson Law, and in particular its managing partner, solicitor Raymond Bradley. The firm represented many victims in achieving justice and compensation.

From the mid 90s, when we began representing the Irish Haemophilia Society, the team has offered a comprehensive service to its health-related clients.

Malcomson Law has been to the forefront in the quest for justice for persons who have have suffered catastrophic consequences arising from health-related injuries.

Since the mid 90s, it has represented various groups - from haemophiliacs and women with anti-D - in the High Court, at Tribunals and in compensation battles. It has sought justice in negotiations with Government Ministers, public servants and medical doctors and administrators.

Our solicitors have been centrally involved in:

For further details of compensation schemes arising from these cases, go to Compensation Schemes.

For further information

For further information, please contact Malcomson Law by calling 01 8744422 or complete an Online Enquiry Form. Your enquiry will be forwarded to a solicitor who specialises in the area of medical negligence.