20 April 2021
Lyndy Cantillon and her team recently settled a case for a young woman who suffered a lifelong eye injury following a LASEK eye surgery. The Plaintiff in this case underwent a Laser Eye Surgery in 2015, to improve her eyesight. In advance of the procedure, the Plaintiff was not advised of the risks associated with […]
Read More20 April 2021
Brigid O’Donnell and the Litigation Team at Cantillons negotiated a significant settlement last month for a client who suffered serious injuries as a result of a road traffic accident. Our client was the restrained front seat passenger of a car travelling on a main road, when a car travelling in the opposite direction at excessive […]
Read More20 April 2021
Brigid O’Donnell and the Litigation team at Cantillons recently negotiated a settlement of close to €600,000 for a client who suffered complications following a sprained wrist, suffered as a result of a workplace fall. An application was made to PIAB who declined to furnish an assessment of damages, given the complexity of issues involved. Proceedings […]
Read More12 April 2021
Jody Cantillon and the Litigation Team at Cantillons Solicitors successfully represented a Client who suffered serious injuries in an accident at work while carrying out their duties and using a machine which was not fit for purpose. Our Client was required to use a machine for which they received no training. The machine was also […]
Read More1 April 2021
Karen Kearney, ably assisted by Tricia Sisk and April Wiseman, settled this High Court medical negligence case by means of remote Mediation on the 11th March 2021. It took two days of Mediation to settle. The case had been due to commence in the High Court in Dublin in November 2020 but, due to Level […]
Read More9 February 2021
Jody Cantillon and the Litigation Team at Cantillon Solicitors represented a business which suffered losses, including loss of profits, as a result of road traffic accident. In summary, our client was in a line of business which required a very specialist vehicle. Without that vehicle, the business could not function. Through no fault of our […]
Read More4 February 2021
On the 26th January 2021, Pat Daly, Partner, settled a case for a 46 year old mother of four who has a terminal cervical cancer. The lady is one of the original 221 women affected by the cervical cancer controversy. In 2015, she was diagnosed with cervical cancer set against a background of negative smear […]
Read More4 February 2021
Liam Dunford and Ernest Cantillon at Cantillons Solicitors recently successfully represented a member of An Garda Síochána in the High Court who suffered serious personal injuries as a result of a violent assault on him whilst on duty. The case was heard remotely, with the Client attending at our offices and was able to watch […]
Read More10 December 2020
Jody Cantillon and the Litigation Team at Cantillons Solicitors recently represented a client in a personal injury claim arising out of a car accident. Our client was driving her car along the main road when their car was struck by a car exiting from a side road. Our client suffered personal injuries including a whiplash […]
Read More1 December 2020
The Medical Negligence team acted on behalf of a lady who presented to her General Practitioner (‘GP’) in June 2015, with a complaint that she was passing blood. This complaint required an urgent review as it is a cardinal symptom of cancer. The GP’s plan was to refer her for a urology assessment. However, the […]
Read More4 November 2020
Jody Cantillon and the Litigation Team at Cantillons Solicitors successfully represented a client who suffered serious while shopping in a well-known Department Store. While walking around the Store, our client fell on hangers which had been left on the ground. The Store knew that this was a risk to shoppers and it was clear that […]
Read More4 November 2020
The medical negligence team compromised a case for a 42 year old mother of three children as a result of a failure by her GP and Cork University Maternity Hospital (“CUMH”) to refer her for appropriate prompt investigations resulting in a delayed diagnosis of bowel cancer which unfortunately had metastasised in the interim. The medical […]
Read More19 October 2020
Amy Connolly and the Litigation Team at Cantillons Solicitors recently successfully represented a client who suffered serious personal injuries, loss and damage as result of a road traffic accident. The case was listed for hearing before the High Court, but ultimately settled on the eve of trial. Our client was very happy with the compensation […]
Read More19 October 2020
Ernest Cantillon and Liam Dunford at Cantillons Solicitors recently successfully represented a member of An Garda Síochána in the High Court who suffered serious personal injuries as a result of a violent assault on her whilst on duty. The case was heard remotely, with the Client attending at our offices and was able to watch […]
Read More1 October 2020
Cantillons settled a case for a 78 year old woman who suffered life altering injuries when she collapsed due to an accidental overdose. The Plaintiff in this case was dispensed medication from a Pharmacy in Dublin with the incorrect dosage instructions, which meant that she took 3 times the prescribed dose. Sadly, this culminated in […]
Read More28 September 2020
Karen Kearney and her team at Cantillons Solicitors settled two High Court medical negligence cases by means of remote Mediation on the 21st September 2020. The case had been due to commence in the High Court in Dublin in October and had been estimated to run for six weeks. All parties to the Mediation, namely the […]
Read More21 September 2020
Brigid and the Litigation Team recently negotiated a settlement for a Garda who suffered injuries when she was caused to trip and fall on a defective surface while working at an entertainment event. The Garda in question was delighted with the outcome to the case and was pleased with the expeditious manner in which it […]
Read More21 September 2020
Brigid O’Donnell, Associate Solicitor working within the General Litigation Team at Cantillons, recently negotiated a Circuit Court settlement for a young teenager who suffered a patellar dislocation, at an adventure centre, while on a school tour. Due to the lack of proper procedures and policies at the Centre, a fellow pupil was caused to jump, […]
Read More21 September 2020
Brigid O’Donnell negotiated a significant settlement for a client who suffered significant injuries when her car was rear-ended. The Plaintiff had incurred expenses amounting to thousands of euro in Chiropractic fees, Counselling fees, Physiotherapy and Medication expenses. She was reimbursed for all monies spent on treatment and was appropriately compensated for the nasty injuries she […]
Read More21 September 2020
Brigid O’Donnell, Associate Solicitor, working within our Litigation team recently represented a young professional starting out on his career journey, who incurred significant financial loss when his new employer unilaterally altered the terms of his salary following his commencement date. He subsequently found alternative employment and Brigid initiated legal proceedings to recover the loss he […]
Read More21 September 2020
Aisling Maher and Orla Kelly of the Medical Negligence acted on behalf of a lady who attended the Defendant Hospital, when she was 36 weeks pregnant with twins, complaining of tenderness in the right side of her abdomen, vomiting, severe pain in her abdomen, back and pelvis and constipation. No clear diagnosis was reached and […]
Read More21 September 2020
Brigid O’Donnell, Associate Solicitor, recently instructed Senior Counsel in relation to settlement negotiations involving a personal injuries case. The case involved a road traffic accident and had been due to proceed to hearing at Cork High Court in March but unfortunately, due to Lockdown restrictions, the March Sessions were adjourned. The facts of the case […]
Read More15 September 2020
Jody Cantillon of Cantillons Solicitors was delighted to contribute this piece piece by Liz Dunphy of the Irish Examiner on a recent Supreme Court decision which may make it easier to prosecute those who abuse others online. Contact us at Cantillons Solicitors at +353 (0)21 4275673 or info@cantillons.com if you would like more information. * In contentious business, a […]
Read More10 September 2020
The President of the High Court has approved an interim payment of €900,000.00 for 3 years until October 2022, for Jack Hegarty. This settlement will go towards Jack’s ongoing care costs and different intensive therapies including Anat Baniel therapy, physical therapy, speech and language therapy etc to assist with his various disabilities. Following Jack’s birth […]
Read More9 September 2020
Amy Connolly and the Litigation Team at Cantillons Solicitors recently successfully represented an employee who suffered serious personal injuries, loss and damage as result of a fall which took place during the course of employment. There was a clear failing on all Defendants involved in this case to provide a safe system and safe place […]
Read More2 September 2020
Jody Cantillon and the Litigation Team at Cantillons Solicitors recently represented a client who suffered personal injuries as a result of a road traffic accident. Our client was the front seat passenger in a car which was rear ended and our client suffered a whip lash injury. The case was listed for hearing before the […]
Read More26 August 2020
Jody Cantillon and the Litigation Team at Cantillons Solicitors successfully represented a client who suffered injuries while shopping in a well-known Department Store. While walking around the Department Store, our client was caused to slip and fall as a result of a wet floor. The floor was not being monitored and it should not have […]
Read More25 June 2020
Jody Cantillon and the Litigation Team at Cantillons Solicitors recently settled a case for a client who suffered a whiplash injury as a result of a road traffic accident. Our client was the driver of a vehicle which was rear ended and suffered injuries as a result. PIAB assessed the matter based on the Book […]
Read More19 May 2020
Jody Cantillon and the Litigation Team at Cantillons Solicitors recently settled a significant compensation claim arising out of a car accident where a pedestrian was knocked down while walking on the side of the road. Our client was walking on the side of the road when he was struck by a car travelling at speed. […]
Read More4 May 2020
Amy Connolly and the Litigation Team recently settled a High Court Personal Injury action for a Client who had suffered serious and significant injuries as a result of a road traffic accident which occurred in November 2016. The Client’s vehicle was stationary at traffic lights when he was rear ended by another vehicle. The other […]
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