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Dispute Resolution: Healthcare Litigation

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Our team has unrivalled experience in acting for clients in all types of high value and complex disputes.


We frequently manage disputes with international and reputational aspects and we are adept at using arbitration, mediation and other forms of alternative dispute resolution. Our litigators have experience at all court levels in Ireland and regularly appear before Ireland’s High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court in respect of a broad range of contentious matters.


Our lawyers are leaders in their fields, specifically in the areas of boardroom and shareholder disputes, intellectual property, government and regulatory enquiries, employment and benefits, procurement, competition disputes and asset recovery.


The rigorous evaluation of risk and the effective presentation of a client’s position are key skills of our lawyers who always strive to work in the best interests of the client to achieve a successful and cost-effective resolution.


We advise on disputes in the following areas:


  • Commercial litigation
  • Insolvency
  • Financial Services
  • Insurance
  • Construction
  • Professional Services
  • Education
  • Medical
  • Public Service
  • Intellectual Property
  • Competition
  • Childcare
  • Aviation

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What the Team is Known For

Mason Hayes & Curran is widely recognised as a top choice to defend hospitals or clinical laboratories in complex negligence claims, including those that relate to catastrophic birth injuries or the delayed or incorrect diagnosis of cancer and other diseases. The team handles wardship proceedings through which the court seeks to protect vulnerable children or adults. The law firm also has a strong commercial disputes practice that is notable for its capacity to handle matters ranging from smaller property, professional liability or shareholder disputes up to high-profile CJEU referrals that deal with complex questions relating to the application of EU data protection rules. Lawyers in the practice additionally defend judicial review proceedings brought by insurers, airlines, private investors and regulatory bodies. The team's clients include domestic and international banks in commercial disputes that often have an important insolvency angle.

Strengths

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Mason Hayes & Curran provides timely and effective advice.

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The team is always accessible and understands our needs.

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The team at Mason Hayes & Curran is exceptionally hard-working and dedicated. It is always looking for ways to streamline the litigation process.

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Mason Hayes & Curran always brings a very clear understanding of the issues, including mapping out the possible outcomes.

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The firm offers strong communication, assertive action and attention to detail.

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Notable Practitioners

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Declan Black
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Declan Black
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Declan Black is recognised for his outstanding commercial disputes practice. He has particular experience in contentious mandates in the real estate and insurance sectors.

He is both extremely commercial and very precise in his thinking about risk.

It is an excellent experience working with Declan. He is approachable, accessible, very prompt and efficient.

Declan Black is the go-to for any dispute resolution matter. His confidence and the way he can get to the core of a particular issue is very impressive.

He is always very collaborative.

Declan Black is an excellent leader who is calm under pressure.

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Kevin Power
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Kevin Power
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Kevin Power heads the medical law department and attracts particular attention for his former experience working as a doctor. He is best known for his handling of important delayed diagnosis cases on behalf of private laboratories as well as injury cases for the public healthcare sector.

Kevin is a very efficient, insightful lawyer.

Kevin Power is very knowledgeable and a pleasure to work with.

He is knowledgeable in his assessment of litigation risk and has a good understanding of the courts system.

Kevin is a leading and experienced healthcare lawyer. He is very insightful and takes a pragmatic approach to dealing with high-value, complex cases in a commercially sensible manner.

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Gemma Coady
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Gemma Coady
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Gemma Coady acts on many of the law firm's most complex healthcare disputes, including clinical negligence claims and catastrophic injury cases.
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Keelin Cowhey
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Keelin Cowhey
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Keelin Cowhey is an experienced practitioner who regularly acts on high-value birth and surgical injury claims. She additionally advises on misdiagnosis and other medical malpractice cases, as well as contentious mandates involving mental health.

She offers vast knowledge, empathy for all parties, clear updates and an open pathway of communication.

Keelin Cowhey is an excellent communicator who quickly demonstrates a clear understanding and insight into the complexities involved in cases.

Keelin has extensive experience in the healthcare litigation field. She takes a measured approach to ensure that claims are dealt with in a commercially sensible fashion.

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Maurice Phelan
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Maurice Phelan
Head of Dispute Resolution
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Maurice Phelan handles commercial litigation that often has a key banking component. He also handles shareholder disputes and assists with cases relating to the breach of software service agreements.

Maurice Phelan is absolutely up to speed on all the detail and very responsive.

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Liam Guidera
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Liam Guidera
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Liam Guidera is recognised for his work in commercial litigation. He advises on complex corporate crime and shareholder disputes.

Liam provides sound, commercially focused legal advice and goes the extra mile to ensure clients are kept informed.

Liam Guidera provides clear advice and guidance at all times in a concise manner.

He's a very sensible operator capable of seeing the bigger picture. He's well known for his calm presence, but he is also very capable of fighting the nitty-gritty when that's needed.

Liam Guidera is an excellent litigation lawyer.

He's always a pleasure to work with.

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Ranked Lawyers at
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Declan Black
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Declan Black
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Senior Statespeople
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Maurice Phelan
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Maurice Phelan
Head of Dispute Resolution
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Band 2
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Liam Guidera
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Liam Guidera
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Kevin Power
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Kevin Power
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Gemma Coady
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Gemma Coady
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Band 2
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Keelin Cowhey
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Keelin Cowhey
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Members

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Gerard Kelly

Gerard Kelly

Head of Department

Maurice Phelan

Maurice Phelan

Head of Department

Peter Johnston