Marriage Breakdown

New Year’s Resolutions – Review Your Family Circumstance

Tipp FM Legal Slot – 17th January 2012 [mp3j track=”New Year’s Resolutions – Review Your Family Circumstance@New_Years_Resolutions.mp3″ autoplay=”n” caption=”John M. Lynch”] Download New Year Resolution Notes New Year’s Resolutions – Review your Family Circumstance During the post-holiday period; Christmas and summer, separations and family law matters see an increase.  Before Christmas I advised separated and divorced

PIP Breast Implant Recall

Tipp FM Legal Slot – 10th January 2012        John M. Lynch on PIP Breast Implant Recall  [soundcloud id=’167086871′] Download PIP Breast Implant Recall Notes How many women worldwide and in Ireland were implanted with the defective PIP breast implants? Up to 1,500 Irish women who received defective breast implants may face alarming health

New Hope for Struggling Borrowers

Modern insolvency law strikes a balance between the interests of creditors and debtors whereas our current insolvency laws favour only creditors.  Recently, the government announced that struggling homeowners will be given the chance to write down their debt on their mortgages by spreading it over a six year period.  The deals will be dealt with

DePuy patients learn metal-on-metal implants should not be on the market

Three thousand two hundred and eighty two (3,282) Irish patients were fitted with defective DePuy ASR hip implants.  Experts have found “unequivocal evidence” of high failure rates and are calling for metal-on-metal hip implants to be banned.  The research, published in the world’s leading medical journal, The Lancet, was based on the National Joint Registry of England
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Justice Minister Proposes Reforms for Specialist Family Law Courts

A major shakeup of the legal system has been drawn up by Justice Minister Alan Shatter and agreed by the Cabinet.  As part of this system a new Family Court structure is proposed.  The initiatives accepted by the Government will require the holding of a Constitutional Referendum, which means the physical structure of the courts

New Concern for DePuy Patients that will last a lifetime

DePuy patients will need annual blood checks for metal ions for the rest of their lives following an investigation by the British Medical Journal and BBC Newsnight in recent days.  The report outlines that metal on metal hip implant patients will need annual blood tests due to the issue of metal particles dislodging from the
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Will the State compensate sufferers of Narcolepsy from Pandemrix swine flu vaccine?

A swine flu vaccine called Pandemrix has been suspected of causing narcolepsy.  Pandemrix was supplied to 30 million people in the European Union as a vaccine against the H1N1 version of swine flu.  On the 24th of August Finland suspended its national vaccination programme after doctors reported cases of suspected narcolepsy after patients had been given Pandemrix.  Sweden,
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getting a mortgage? Lynch Solicitors can help.

New Proposals to help Borrowers stay in their homes

In a recent blog I discussed proposals under the Personal Insolvency Bill to assist people who are struggling with their mortgages.  This week my blog will discuss suggested changes to the Bill and recommendations submitted by the Inter-Departmental Working Group on Mortgage Arrears in October 2011. Suggested changes to the Bill Since the unveiling of the Personal
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Patients Suffer when the Cure is worse than the Cause

In the last week narcolepsy and the swine flu vaccine has been very topical, but you may be wondering what it is all about.  In August 2010 the European Medicines Agency began to investigate a possible link between the swine flu vaccine and narcolepsy, following an increased number of reported cases of narcolepsy among children
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Health Fears and Legal Time Limits for 1,500 Irish Women after faulty breast implants

It is believed that up to 1,500 Irish women who received defective breast implants may face alarming health risks.  The defective implants were produced by French company Poly Implant Prothese (PIP).  Over 300,000 women worldwide received the PIP implants before the company ceased business in 2010. Legal Issues The PIP breast implants were recalled in

DePuy Hip Implant Patients – Don’t Miss Your Date! – 26th August 2012

THERE IS NOW LESS THAN FOUR MONTHS REMAINING for those affected by the DePuy Hip Recall to lodge a claim. As many people will be aware, on the 26th August 2010 DePuy Orthopaedics Inc., a division of Johnson & Johnson, announced a worldwide recall of two of it’s metal-on-metal hip replacement devices; the ASR XL acetabular total hip replacement and
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Irish Patients wait for answers after defective ventilation devices recalled

Covidien Plc, a medical device company based in Dublin, recalled up to 330,000 surgical ventilation devices on 18th July 2012.  The devices, called the cuffed Shiley 8LPC, 8FEN tracheostomy tubes, were used during surgery to create an airway and pathway to remove fluid from the windpipe (trachea) and lungs.  The defective tubes were manufactured between 1st October 2009
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Deadline Looms for DePuy Hip Implant Recall Patients

Many of you will have read our previous blogs about the DePuy hip implant recall.  There is now only a FEW WEEKS remaining for a number of those affected by the recall to lodge a claim.  3,282 Irish patients were fitted with DePuy ASR hip implants.  Experts have found “unequivocal evidence” of high failure rates and the
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Marriage Breakdown

When Your Marriage Does Not Last For As Long As You Both Shall Live

If you are faced with marriage breakdown, and the uncertainty that comes with it, it is important for you to know what options are available.  When we are approached by someone who is going through difficulties in their marriage the first thing we explore is the possibility of reconciliation and mediation.  We give clients the
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Your Monthly Review – DePuy Deadline, Symphysiotomy, Family Law Courts Reform

In today’s blog I will review the topics we discussed with you over the past few weeks – the DePuy Hip Implant Recall, Symphysiotomy and the proposed reform of our Family Law courts structure. DePuy Hip Implant Recall – Deadline for Lodging Claims With almost two years now we have been updating you on the
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