High Court to hear challenge to mandatory hotel quarantine Fully vaccinated Israeli woman claims she is being unlawfully detained
Sat, Apr 10, 2021, 12:33
An Israeli woman’s challenge to the State’s mandatory hotel quarantine will be heard in the High Court on Monday.
The application has been brought by lawyers representing Inbar Aviezer who, under the requirements of the Health (Amendment) Act 2021, has been quarantining at the Holiday Inn Express Hotel near Dublin Airport since Wednesday after taking a flight from Israel.
She is challenging the constitutionality of her quarantine under Article 40.4.2, which allows for a High Court hearing into the legal justification of any detention.
Huge delays have built up in the handling of divorce and judicial separation cases since the pandemic hit, the Law Society has warned.
A society committee said some family law proceedings initiated as far back as 2019 had stalled. A key issue is a lack of case progression hearings at Circuit Court level, where the vast majority of divorce and judicial separation matters are heard.
These are hearings conducted by a county registrar where procedural matters are dealt with, such as ensuring full financial disclosure has been made by the parties.
“While the courts did stay open to deal with emergency family law matters, like domestic violence, there are absolutely huge delays in terms of getting judicial separation and divorce cases heard and resolved,” said solicitor Helen Coughlan, chair of the Law Society’s family and child law committee.
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Updated / Thursday, 1 Apr 2021
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The judgment was published today after an application from the Medical Council
The High Court has published in full, a judgment granting the Medical Council s application to suspend a Kildare GP who is alleged to have failed to refer patients for Covid-19 tests, and to operate his surgery in accordance with public health regulations.
The court ordered the suspension of Dr Gerard Waters, of Whitethorn Clinic, Celbridge in Co Kildare, from the Register of Medical Practitioners in early March.
The judgment was published today after an application from the Medical Council.
The suspension came about after a complaint from a patient who said the doctor claimed his illness was caused by the mask he was wearing, which the GP described as that silly f ing thing .