Ruth Morrissey's legal team felt 'ambushed' over US lab's attempt to introduce microscopic evidence

The legal team representing Ruth Morrissey who is suing over the alleged misreading of her CervicalCheck smear slides today claimed in the High Court they had been "ambushed" in an attempt by US laboratory Quest Diagnostics to introduce microscopic evidence in the case.

Patrick Treacy SC for Ms Morrissey who has terminal cervical cancer and less than two years to live told the court the Morrissey side were only told at the end of last week that an expert witness on behalf of Quest Diagnostics was to make use of a laboratory microscope which had been set up in the High Court for the hearing.