Ed Madden

Ed Madden, BL, looks at the recent High Court case in which the Court was asked to sanction assisted suicide in the case of a woman in the final stages of multiple sclerosis.

Ed Madden, BL, looks at a case in which a patient at St Patrick’s University Hospital sought a declaration that aspects of an earlier High Court decision were incompatible with the ECHR.

Ed Madden, BL, looks at a recent High Court that references the constitutional obligation on the part of the Medical Council to protect the good name of medical practitioners.

Ed Madden, BL, looks at an English Employment Appeal Tribunal case that dealt with the dismissal of a nurse following a number of incidents at a hospital in Surrey during Christmas.

In light of the recent Report of the Expert Group on the Judgment in A, B and C v Ireland, Ed Madden, BL, looks at the earlier European Court of Human Rights case of D v Ireland and at some recent developments in the abortion debate in Ireland.

Ed Madden, BL, looks at a recent European Court of Human Rights case in which an Italian couple challenged a domestic law that prohibits screening of embryos for cystic fibrosis, claiming that it violated their right to respect for private and family life.

Ed Madden, BL, looks at a recent High Court case in which the Minister for Justice claimed a woman involved in a road traffic accident with a Garda car had failed to disclose to a number of doctors who examined her that she was also involved in another road accident.

Ed Madden, BL, looks at a recent High Court case in which a woman whose husband was murdered in Sligo claimed damages from those involved in his death.

Ed Madden, BL, looks at a recent decision of the Information Commissioner in a case in which an employee of the HSE South sought the removal of two employment references from her personnel file, claiming that they were misleading.

Ed Madden, BL, looks at a recent English High Court case in which the judge was faced with the unenviable task of deciding whether it was in a child’s best interests to have artificial ventilation removed contrary to the wishes of his parents.