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Dispute Resolution: Healthcare Litigation

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Comyn Kelleher Tobin LLP (CKT) has one of Ireland’s largest healthcare teams and an unsurpassed reputation in the provision of top-class legal services to healthcare clients including the HSE and Tusla-the Child and Family Agency, hospitals, doctors, nurses, midwives, allied health professionals, clinics and their indemnifiers.


CKT also represents healthcare indemnity organisations, as well as the State Claims Agency. We have a deep understanding of all the legal issues that arise for healthcare clients, as well as a complete knowledge of the real challenges faced by healthcare providers, hospitals, and clinicians.


The team actively pursue all avenues of dispute resolution available and advise clients on choosing the method most appropriate to them and the particular matter. Resolving disputes quickly and effectively with as little cost and disruption to the client business as possible is central to how we approach any matter.


Ten members of the dispute resolution team are CEDR Accredited Mediators.  

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What the Team is Known For

Comyn Kelleher Tobin is a renowned Cork and Dublin-based team that is often named among the top choices to defend medical negligence claims brought against Irish hospitals. The practice acts on sensitive proceedings involving catastrophic birth injuries and also attracts attention for roles in high-profile mandates relating to the apportion of responsibility for delayed diagnoses. Lawyers in the team offer further experience in cases that deal with issues of capacity to make decisions and unlawful detention in hospitals as well as claims related to the Disabilities Act 2005. The law firm handles claims that are litigated before Irish courts or that are settled through alternative dispute resolution.

Strengths

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The team at Comyn Kelleher Tobin has vast experience in the area of medical negligence claims.

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The lawyers are extremely obliging, very efficient, very good in terms of sorting out the right expert and always extremely courteous.

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The lawyers are conscientious, hard-working and know what they're doing, and the partners handle a lot of the work themselves.

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The firm has the ability to cut straight to the core of the issue and seek to resolve it on a timely and efficient basis.

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CKT is brilliant at achieving resolution for its client, and from that point of view it's a standout from the crowd.

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Notable Practitioners

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Eamon Harrington
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Eamon Harrington
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Eamon Harrington is often identified as a leading figure on the defendant side of Irish medical negligence and personal injury cases.

Eamonn is just excellent. He is organised and efficient, and just top-draw. He has a huge bank of common sense in approaching anything that becomes difficult.

Eamon Harrington is quite simply a fantastic operator who is very well known and respected.

He is the best defence litigator in Ireland.

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Alison Kelleher
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Alison Kelleher
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Alison Kelleher is visible advising on medical negligence and malpractice claims. Her clients include both public and private healthcare providers.

Alison Kelleher is always well prepared for meetings, gives sound advice and is very pragmatic.

Alison's thoroughness and her knowledge of the brief is always outstanding.

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Patrice O'Keeffe
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Patrice O'Keeffe
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Patrice O'Keeffe is well respected for her capability in handling personal injury claims, including catastrophic cases.

Patrice O'Keeffe gives very cogent advice, and is efficient and pragmatic.

Patrice O'Keeffe is very good on medical negligence mandates.

Patrice is an excellent litigator.

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Yvonne Joyce
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Yvonne Joyce
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Yvonne Joyce stands out among the law firm's deep bench of medical negligence lawyers, offering experience in delayed diagnosis and catastrophic injury claims.

Yvonne Joyce is efficient, pragmatic and commercially aware.

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Ranked Lawyers at
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Eamon Harrington
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Eamon Harrington
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Alison Kelleher
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Alison Kelleher
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Patrice O'Keeffe
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Patrice O'Keeffe
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Yvonne Joyce
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Yvonne Joyce
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Members

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Barry Kelleher

Cliona Kenny

Daniel McLoughlin

Deborah Moore

Deirdre Ryan

Diarmuid Cunningham

Eamon Harrington

Eamon Harrington

Head of Department

Emily Sexton

Grace Toher

Hilda O'Keeffe

Katharine Kelleher

Kevin Healy

Lebeau Jonker

Nicola Kiely

Patrice O'Keeffe

Yvonne Joyce

Clients

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Allianz Insurance Ireland

HSE (Health Service Executive) Ireland

Medisec Ireland CLG

State Claims Agency

TII - Transport Infrastructure Ireland

Tusla - Child and Family Agency

UCC

Industries

Provided by Comyn Kelleher Tobin LLP

Child and Family

Commercial

Commercial and Residential Conveyancing

Employment

Health and Life Sciences

Healthcare

Insurance

Litigation

Maritime

Property