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Kevin leads our Healthcare and Medical Law team, specialising in healthcare and life sciences law & regulation. He is a former practising medical doctor, which gives him a particular insight into the issues and challenges facing the healthcare sector.
He advises a number of Ireland’s major obstetric, general and psychiatric hospitals in both public and private sectors, for the Clinical Indemnity Scheme, and for a number of leading Irish & multinational pharmaceutical, medical device and food companies. He has particular expertise in the defence of complex high value clinical negligence cases, advocacy and product liability litigation. Kevin also advises a wide range of clients in the healthcare and life sciences sectors on various regulatory issues including advertising, product safety & recall and regulatory enforcement.
Specialties
- Medical Malpractice Law
- Healthcare Law
- Mental Health Law
- Advocacy/Inquests
- Regulatory Law: Pharmaceutical, Healthcare & Food
Representative Matters
- Representative: Acting for hospitals, healthcare professionals and pharmaceutical/medical device companies in the defence of clinical negligence and product liability litigation, including:
- The Clinical Indemnity Scheme of the State Claims Agency in defence of multiple proceedings on behalf of Tallaght, Beaumont, Mater & other major Irish Hospitals
- On behalf of Quest Diagnostics Inc, a US Fortune 500 company, in defence of professional negligence proceedings
- A €5m settlement in respect of a Plaintiff who suffered a ruptured posterior communicating aneurysm and associated stroke and catastrophic injuries;
- Allergan Ltd in the defence of product liability proceedings
- Advisory: Acting for hospitals and clinicians on a wide range of legal, ethical & regulatory issues including patient capacity, consent, corporate and clinical governance, clinical trials and investigations of medical devices, risk management policies and data protection/freedom of information law in the healthcare sector.
Recommendations
Chambers & Partners, 2019
Provides “unique insights into clinical negligence cases."
Chambers and Partners, 2018
"Has both the legal skills and medical training to provide outstanding advice."
Speaking Engagements & Teaching
Kevin is a frequent speaker on healthcare related topics, including:
- Seminar on the Reform of the Mental Health Act (co-hosted by MHC and St Patrick’s Mental Health Services)
- ‘General Practitioners and the Law’ to the Law and General Practice Seminar Series, Sutherland School of Law, UCD (January 2018)
Authorship
Product Liability in Ireland (Ireland chapter) - Getting the Deal Through, 2019
Product Liability and Safety in Ireland: Overview - Thomson Reuters, 2019
Areas of Expertise
Dispute Resolution Healthcare and Medical Law Food, Agriculture & Beverage Life Sciences Product Regulation & Consumer LawProfessional Memberships
Law Society of Ireland
Register of medical practitioners (Ireland) (formerly)
Institutional Review Board, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital
Education
University College Dublin, BCL; Hons
University College Dublin, MB BCh BAO
Law Society of Ireland, Diploma in Employment Law
Keele University, Certificate in Research Ethics