by Coleman Legal LLP | Mar 24, 2015 | Financial Mis-selling
There have been many articles appearing in financial journals in the last few months on the topic of ‘closet trackers’ a specific type of tracker fund in what has been labelled an ‘outrageous financial scam’ by some academics. A ‘tracker fund’ is an investment term...
by Coleman Legal LLP | Mar 4, 2015 | Medical Negligence, Other Categories
The number of maternal deaths in Ireland has risen sharply, up by 22%, meaning the pregnancy-related death rate in Ireland is now higher than that in the UK, according to a new report of the Confidential Maternal Death Enquiry, based in UCC. In this country in the...
by Coleman Legal LLP | Feb 16, 2015 | Medical Negligence
Since the Surgical Symphysiotomy Payment Scheme opened for applications from 10 November to 05 December 2014, there remains some debate in relation to its role as an alternative form of redress to litigation through the Courts. One significant aspect to accept...
by Coleman Legal LLP | Jan 26, 2015 | Personal Injury
Passenger in serious car accident who was aware of driver’s intoxication was contributorily negligent High Court finds the Motor Insurers Bureau of Ireland (“MIBI”) liable to pay 55% of damages awarded to a passenger of a drunk driver involved in a fatal...
by Coleman Legal LLP | Dec 15, 2014 | Medical Negligence
A Placenta is derived from both maternal and foetal tissue with approximately one fifth derived from foetal tissue at term. It comprises a large number of functional units called villi which are branched terminals of the foetal circulation, allowing transfer of...
