by Coleman Legal LLP | May 11, 2015 | Hospital Negligence, Medical Negligence, Personal Injury
Thousands of Irish Hospital patients have been paying close attention to the media this week as it has emerged that three locum radiologists had mis-read thousands of x-rays and scans. The three locums have worked in seven different hospitals nationwide, Cavan...
by Coleman Legal LLP | Apr 13, 2015 | Financial Mis-selling
Overpayment of Variable Interest Rates Since the global financial crisis in late 2007 and the subsequent crash, the European Central Bank (ECB) has cut interest rates steadily to the current all time low of 0.05%. For holders of ‘tracker mortgages’ this has been good...
by Coleman Legal LLP | Apr 2, 2015 | Financial Mis-selling
The UK Supreme Court appeal arose out of a payment protection insurance (“PPI”) dispute between Mrs Plevin, the borrower, and Paragon Personal Finance Ltd, the lender. By way of background, PPI covers the borrowings on personal loans or credit cards on the occurrence...
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...
