Senior judge warns there are not enough judges to hear cervical cancer cases

There are not enough judges to hear the cases of women suing over the alleged misreading of their CervicalCheck smear slides, a senior High Court judge warned today.

Mr Justice Kevin Cross who is hearing evidence on the eighth day of the action by Ruth Morrissey who is terminally ill with cervical cancer said he may be faced with having to hear two actions in one day, one in the morning and switching to another in an afternoon as the cases mount up.