• Healthcare
• Life Sciences

• Medical Malpractice Law
• Healthcare Law
• Mental Health Law
• Advocacy/Inquests
• Regulatory Law: Pharmaceutical, Healthcare & Food

Kevin advises:

• A number of Ireland’s major obstetric, general and psychiatric hospitals in both public and private sectors,
• The Clinical Indemnity Scheme
• A number of leading Irish & multinational pharmaceutical
• Medical device companies
• Food companies

Authorships

• Product Liability in Ireland (Ireland chapter) - Getting the Deal Through, 2019
• Product Liability and Safety in Ireland: Overview - Thomson Reuters, 2019

Engagements

Seminar on the Reform of the Mental Health Act (co-hosted by MHC and St Patrick’s Mental Health Services)

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

Professional Memberships

• Law Society of Ireland
• Register of medical practitioners (Ireland) (formerly)
• Institutional Review Board, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital

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

Acting for healthcare and life sciences clients on a variety of regulatory issues affecting the sector, including:

• Member of Healthcare Assurance Committee advising the Board of Bartra Capital Property Group on healthcare regulatory aspects of potential acquisitions of nursing homes and other healthcare facilities
• Advising Renew Health Limited, a leading US owned medical technologies company, on regulatory issues in respect of its products