Byrne Wallace Shields LLP Health and Social Care Team Advise on Supreme Court Judgement

The Byrne Wallace Shields LLP Health and Social Care team  advised on and represented the Child and Family Agency in an appeal heard over two days before a seven Judge Supreme Court. The Supreme Court rejected the birth parents appeal and handed down a significant judgement on 24 May 2023. 

This is the first time the Supreme Court heard an appeal in an adoption application since the constitution was amended following the Children’s Referendum in 2015, and the subsequent introduction of new adoption legislation.

The judgement is very child centred and sets out clearly the paramountcy principal and will be very influential and of great assistance to practitioners focusing on childcare law.

The Byrne Wallace Shields LLP Health and Social Care team has been at the forefront of developments in healthcare law, including child protection, health and social care, mental health, care of the elderly, vulnerable adults and disabilities for over 20 years. The largest healthcare team in Ireland, they are consistently recognised as  leaders in health services and social care, appearing daily in courts around the country from the District Court all the way up to the Supreme Court.

For further details, see press coverage below:

Irish Times

RTÉ