Martin Corbally cleared of poor professional performance finding

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Prof Martin Corbally’s poor professional performance finding was quashed by the Supreme Court, reported on 5 February 2015. The case followed an incorrectly performed tongue-tie operation on a two-year-old girl at Crumlin children’s hospital in 2010, which was later corrected. The Medical Council had found against Prof Corbally, but the High Court quashed that decision before the Supreme Court confirmed it.

The ruling concerned how professional complaints against doctors should be assessed, including whether a once-off mistake must be serious to support a poor professional performance finding. The report says the Supreme Court’s decision confirmed the High Court outcome in Prof Corbally’s case.