High Court Confirms Scope Of Duty Of Care Owed By Screening Service Providers

AuthorMs Margaret Muldowney, Mary Cooney and Barry Murphy
Law FirmWilliam Fry
Published date11 July 2023

The High Court has today affirmed the 2019 decision of Mr Justice Cross, in Morrissey v HSE and others[2019] IEHC 268 (Morrissey), that there is no duty of care owed by screening services to relatives of those who participate in a screening programme.

Mr Justice O'Connor delivered the ruling in Mitchell v HSEand others, proceedings against the HSE brought by the parents (plaintiffs) of a woman who participated in the CervicalCheck screening programme, and who sadly passed away. The HSE joined a screening...

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