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Medical Claim Statute Barred Before Expert Report Received

A recent High Court judgment restated the law concerning the date of knowledge under the Statute of Limitations Act. It highlights that waiting on…

12/07/24

About Mark

Mark is a Partner in our Healthcare & Medical team. He specialises in the defence of high value and complex medical malpractice claims whilst representing the interests of hospitals and healthcare professionals in both the public and private sector. He also handles inquests on their behalf.

Mark acts for several major Irish hospitals on the instructions of the Clinical Indemnity Scheme of the State Claims Agency and acts on behalf of clinical laboratory service providers in cases where the misreporting of cervical slides is alleged.

In previous roles with two leading healthcare firms in Ireland, Mark has represented the interests of private consultants and GPs on behalf of the largest indemnifier operating in Ireland, as well as private hospitals and other healthcare service providers on the instructions of their Irish and international indemnifiers and insurers.

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Education

- Waterford Institute of Technology, B.A. (Hons) in Legal & Business Studies
- University College Cork, LLB

Professional Memberships

Member of the Law Society of Ireland
Member of the Dublin Solicitors Bar Association

Representative Matters

Acting on behalf of the State Claims Agency in the defence of a complex delay in diagnosis of colorectal cancer claim.
Acting on behalf of the State Claims Agency in the defence of a catastrophic injury claim following spinal surgery.
Acting on behalf of Quest Diagnostics Incorporated in the defence of multiple high value clinical negligence proceedings.
Acting on behalf of the State Claims Agency in a claim involving an alleged delay in diagnosing a neurological condition leading to catastrophic brain injury
Acting on behalf of the State Claims Agency in a high value claim arising from Cauda Equina Syndrome.
Representing the interests of a number of major Irish Hospitals including Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Tallaght Hospital.
Acting on behalf of the State Claims Agency in successfully striking out proceedings relating to the alleged acquisition of a hospital acquired infection following surgery.
Managing a number of sensitive inquests on behalf of hospital client on instruction Assisting a number of HSE hospitals in sensitive in.

Mark McCabe

Medical Claim Statute Barred Before Expert Report Received

About Mark

Education

Professional Memberships