Elizabeth O'Mahony

Practice Areas

Elizabeth has experience of a wide range of different clinical negligence claims which include, delays in diagnosis and treatment, surgical, cancer, plastic or cosmetic surgery, gynaecological injuries often as a result of child birth, care of the elderly, missed fractures and claims involving children including assisting on high value birth injuries cases.

She also has a particular specialism in stillbirth and neonatal death claims, and is part of the specialist baby loss team at Enable Law.

Claims are conducted against various sectors including GPs, Dentists, Hospitals both NHS and private, and care homes.

Career

- Expertise in maternal injuries claims including uterine inversion and bladder injury. Settlements have ranged from £50,000 to £208,000

- Successful fatals claim against private healthcare concerning failure to diagnose genetically linked ovarian cancer settling for £120,000

- Assisted and primary client contact in high value multi million pound complex cerebral palsy claim, securing suitable living accommodation for the Claimant and their family

- Assisted and primary client contact in brachial plexus injury case securing £430,000 for Erb’s Palsy injury to child

- Successful High Court Trial at the Royal Courts of Justice, involving a delay in diagnosis and treatment of client’s appendicitis. The case was reported: DANIEL MEYNELL v CROYDON HEALTH SERVICES NHS TRUST (2018) [2018] EWHC 2431 (QB) (Jay J) 18/04/2018 – £35k damages

- Writing for the Law Society Gazette

- Supporter and previously employed by the UK patient safety and justice charity AvMA (Action against Medical Accidents)

- Member of the Enable Law specialist Baby loss team