Introduction

This webinar focuses on practical issues that arise in medical negligence litigation with a focus on the use of expert evidence and on defective medical products. Ellen Gleeson B.L. will speak on expert evidence in medical negligence litigation. Orla Kelly, solicitor, will speak on defective product liability in the medical context.

Learning Outcomes

An attendee at this webinar will learn about:

✔︎ The potential pitfalls of expert evidence in medical negligence litigation.
✔︎ Practical issues in the exchange of expert reports.
✔︎ Expert evidence and limitation periods in medical negligence litigation.
✔︎ Strict liability, the onus of proof and defences in defective products litigation.
✔︎ Limitation periods in defective products cases.
✔︎ PIAB, pleadings and representative actions in defective products cases.

Our Speakers

Ellen Gleeson B.L. is a barrister who has been in practice at the Bar for 17 years. Medical negligence litigation is one of her areas of practice.

Orla Kelly is a Partner in the Medical Litigation Department at Cantillons Solicitors in Cork, with a particular focus on medical negligence, including birth injury claims, fatal claims, delayed diagnosis and cervical cancer, to name a few. She also has extensive experience in defective medical device claims, including acting for clients and their families who have received the recalled DePuy ASR hip device, various vaccines and, more recently, Oculentis lenses. She has successfully represented a number of victims and their families and is very client-focused.

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