Ed Madden

Ed Madden, BL, looks at a recent Court of Appeal case in England in which the court heard how the son of a woman who died in hospital had serious concerns about the circumstances surrounding his mother’s death.

Ed Madden, BL, looks at a recent English High Court case in which a consultant brought an application in the High Court seeking to terminate suspension of his registration pending a full hearing of his case before the Fitness to Practise Committee of the GMC.

Ed Madden, BL, looks at an English court case in which an NHS trust made an application to the High Court for an order that it was lawful and in the best interests of a patient in a vegetative state to withdraw active medical treatment.

Ed Madden, BL, looks at a recent High Court case in which a number of consultants brought applications in the High Court seeking to set aside an earlier High Court decision to renew a summons that had not been served on them within the prescribed time limit.

Ed Madden, BL, looks at a recent Canadian Court case in which a woman was granted an order allowing her to die by way of physician-assisted suicide.

Ed Madden, BL, looks at a recent High Court case which dealt with a claim by the widow of a general practitioner that her late husband’s medical partner failed to implement a policy of insurance, as required under their partnership agreement.

Ed Madden, BL, looks at a recent English High Court case in which a mental health nurse sought a High Court order terminating an interim suspension order imposed by the Nursing and Midwifery Council following an allegation that his fitness to practise was impaired.

Ed Madden, BL, looks at a recent High Court case in which a doctor claimed that the Fitness to Practise Committee of the Medical Council had failed to comply with standards of natural and constitutional justice when it reached a decision that he was guilty of professional misconduct.

Ed Madden, BL, looks at a recent Equality Tribunal case in which a clinical nurse specialist alleged discrimination on ground of disability when her employer refused to allow her to return to full-time work after a period of part-time work during which she cared for a disabled child.

Ed Madden, BL, looks at a recent English High Court case in which the Court had to make a decision on whether to authorise the force-feeding of a 32-year-old woman who suffers from anorexia nervosa.