DePuy Hip Recall – Higher Than Anticipated Failure Rates
Monday, 11 April 2011
At the end of 2010 it was estimated that the likely failure rate for the DePuy ASR hip implant stood at 13% after five years. However, at the British Hip Society Annual Conference in early March the UK experts produced new research which indicates a much higher than anticipated early failure rate of these implants.
- Published in Medical Negligence, Personal Injury & Litigation
Til Death Us Do Part – Civil Partnerships for Same-Sex Couples
Monday, 11 April 2011
On 1st January 2011, the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 came into force. A civil partnership is legal recognition of a relationship between same-sex couples in Ireland for the first time. A civil partnership and a civil marriage are entered into in very similar ways. Former Minister for Justice
- Published in Separation, Divorce & Relationship Issues
