Ed Madden

Ed Madden, BL, looks at a recent Labour Court case in which St Luke’s Hospital in Dublin appealed against a finding by the Equality Tribunal that a medical scientist had been discriminated against on grounds of his age.

Ed Madden, BL, looks at a recent Equality Tribunal case in which a second-level teacher claimed that he was ‘psychiatrist mobbed’ after he was referred to a consultant psychiatrist by his employer following an incident in his classroom.

Ed Madden, BL, looks at a recent English High Court case in which a doctor sought to quash a decision of a Fitness to Practise committee, which refused his application for voluntary erasure from the Medical Register on health grounds.

Ed Madden, BL, looks at a recent High Court case in which a woman who had a sterilisation and later gave birth to a child with serious physical defects, who died when he was six months old, sued the consultant who performed the procedure and the Southern Health Board.

Ed Madden, BL, looks at a recent European Court of Justice (ECJ) case in which the Court was asked for a preliminary ruling on whether the Labour Court had erred in the matter of pay differences for male and female workers.

Ed Madden, BL, looks at a recent High Court case in which a man sought leave to bring a claim for damages against the Clinical Director of the Central Mental Hospital and a number of other defendants.

Ed Madden, BL, looks at a recent High Court case in Britain in which a declaration was sought that it would be lawful and in the best interests of a woman in a permanent vegetative state to withdraw active medical treatment including artificial nutrition and hydration.

Ed Madden, BL, looks at a recent High Court case in which a doctor challenged the absence of an appeal mechanism in a situation where the Medical Council imposed the minimum sanction of ‘an advice’ following a finding of poor professional performance.

Ed Madden, BL, looks at a recent Labour Court case in which a consultant appointed to a locum post at Sligo General Hospital claimed he was entitled to a contract of indefinite duration.

Ed Madden, BL, looks at a recent English High Court case in which the Court was asked to approve a course of medical treatment for a seven-year-old boy against the wishes of his mother.