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Calculating Damages for Multiple Injuries Under the Personal Injuries Guidelines

Calculating general damages under Ireland's Personal Injuries Guidelines is not straightforward when multiple injuries are involved, which is…

23/10/24

Healthcare

We have the largest healthcare team in Ireland whose expertise and experience ensure that we deliver targeted, high-quality, sector-specific advice.

Our team is drawn from specialists across the firm and is comprised of lawyers having backgrounds in industry, science, and medicine.

We advise a variety of organisations involved in the provision and development of healthcare services and other businesses which support the healthcare sector. We also act for established public and private hospitals and voluntary organisations and governmental and non-governmental organisations.

Our dispute practice is unrivalled, and we have been involved in many of the leading Irish medical negligence cases.

We have specialist experience advising on healthcare transactions including acting for real estate investors, Irish and international investors, operators and for healthcare technology, pharma and MedTech companies.

Advising on procurement, contract law, data protection, compliance and regulatory matters is a core part of our service to healthcare clients.

Related Services

Governance and regulation, including:

Accreditation and Licensing
Professional Regulation
Clinical Audit

Medico-legal advice, including:

Medical law & ethics, including consent and confidentiality
Drafting risk management policies & procedures
Human assisted reproduction
Mental Health Law
Child Protection issues
Wardship
Interaction between healthcare professionals and industry (ie. gifts/entertainment)
Clinical trials
Privacy & Data Security: Including data protection & freedom of information law.
Health and Safety

Representation, including:

Clinical Negligence and professional indemnity
Coroners inquests
Disciplinary hearings/Fitness to practice inquiries
Statutory Investigations and Inquiries, and Tribunals of inquiry
Judicial review and statutory appeals
Product Liability

Mergers & Acquisitions and Investments, including:

Purchases, sales, and investment in a range of healthcare businesses

Recent Work

Acted for DomusVi, the largest operator of nursing homes in Spain and one of the largest in Europe, when it acquired the Trinity Care Group and on other bolt-on acquisitions.
Acted for the Orpea Group, a leading nursing home operator in Europe, on its acquisition of the FirstCare Group. At completion, Orpea became the largest nursing home operator in Ireland by number of beds.
Acted for Grace Healthcare in relation to the acquisition of its entire portfolio of Irish nursing homes in Ireland and on the sale of the group to Vivalto Vie.
Advising a number of major acute public and private Hospitals, including the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin, the National Rehabilitation Hospital, Dun Laoghaire, St. Vincent’s Hospital, Fairview and St Patrick’s University Hospital, on a variety of medico-legal matters.
Representing a number of Hospitals, instructed by the State Claims Agency in defence of medical negligence proceedings.
Advising the Health and Information Quality Authorityon a number of high profile statutory investigations into the care provided at acute general and obstetric Hospitals.
Advising the Health Service Executive and the State Claims Agency on on-going product liability litigation against DePuy.
Advising Virtus Health on its acquisition of a 70% interest in Ireland’s largest IVF provider, SIMS IVF, for €15.49 million, and of the HARI Unit of the Rotunda Hospital.

Frequently Asked Questions

Contact a member of our healthcare team if you have any healthcare law questions that were not answered here.

What is assisted decision-making?

Assisted decision-making is the process in which persons lacking in or with limited capacity can be facilitated insofar as possible to make decisions about their own lives.

Who does the Assisted Decision-Making Act apply to?

It applies to persons lacking in or with limited capacity, who require some level of assistance to make important decisions. The innovation that the legislation has brought about is that a person can lack capacity on certain issues but have capacity on other issues.

What are the laws around surrogacy in Ireland?

Currently there is no specific legislation for surrogacy in Ireland, but there is new and long-awaited legislation due to commence this autumn. Read more about what the new legislation will mean.

What are the laws around organ donation in Ireland?

There is currently no legislation in place in Ireland in relation to organ donation. The Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022 proposes to regulate organ donation by implementing an opt-out system. Read more about this bill.

What is an Advance Healthcare Directive?

An Advance Healthcare Directive is a legal document which captures a person’s future healthcare wishes. The AHD takes effect if the person lacks capacity to make decisions regarding their own healthcare.

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