15 March 2018
Insurance Companies are Targeting Victims – Irish Examiner 24.01.2018 See link below to article by Jody Cantillon, Solicitor https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/views/analysis/insurance-companies-are-targeting-victims-824386.html
Read More15 March 2018
Insurance Industry more worried about profits than claim sizes – Irish Times – Monday 19th December 2016. See below link to Article by Sinéad Carroll; http://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/insurance-industry-more-worried-about-profits-than-claim-sizes-1.2910533
Read More15 March 2018
Last week the High Court heard an Apology from Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children read out to the parents of Jude Miley. Jude’s father Greville issued a Statement castigating the lack of candour on the part of the Hospital post the catastrophe and went on to praise the legal system for uncovering what had […]
Read More15 March 2018
Cantillons Solicitors comments on the failure of the Government to introduce statutory Duty of Disclosure to patients reported in the Sunday Business Post. Read Publication Here
Read More15 March 2018
Cantillons Solicitors mentioned in letter to editor, Mary and Gerard Costello 25th September,2015: Read Publication Here
Read More15 March 2018
Ernest Cantillon quoted in the Irish Examiner on the 14th November 2015 in relation to the manner in which De Puy defective hip implants litigation was handled: Read Publication Here Ernest Cantillon quoted in the Irish Examiner on the 18th January, 2016 in relation to the new agreements concerning evaluations of De Puy defective hip implants litigation: […]
Read More15 March 2018
Pat Daly’s Irish Times article in relation to fair procedures in medical negligence cases published 9th February, 2015: Read Publication Here
Read More15 March 2018
Susie Elliott’s article on lump sum awards published 13th November, 2015 Read Publication Here Contact Our Birth Injury Claim Solicitors If you are looking for a Birth Injury Claim Solicitor, please contact Cantillons Solicitors using the contact form below, call us on +353 (0)21 4275673 or email us at info@cantillons.com for more information. Our offices […]
Read More22 February 2018
Orla Kelly and the Medical Negligence Team were instructed by a lady who suffered chest symptoms shortly after the birth of her third child. She attended A&E and was discharged with a chest infection. For some reason they failed to consider the diagnosis of a Pulmonary Embolism (PE) and/or a Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT). At […]
Read More30 January 2018
The Medical Negligence Team including Lyndy Cantillon and Orla Kelly acted on behalf of a lady who attended for an MRI following development of suspicious symptoms. The MRI was mistakenly reported as normal and the lady continued to suffer and deteriorate. A year later a repeat MRI confirmed that the lady had a tumour. Following […]
Read More29 January 2018
Jody and the Litigation Team were successful in representing a client who suffered serious injuries as a result of a trip on a kerb. The Defendants in this matter, a Local Authority, denied liability. Jody and the team successfully achieved a substantial settlement for this client without the need to go to Court. Contact […]
Read More24 January 2018
Jody and the Litigation Team represented a client who suffered serious injuries as a result of being rear ended by another vehicle. Not only did our client suffer serious injuries, both physical and psychological, but they also suffered a loss of earnings as a result of the accident. Jody and the Team successfully achieved a […]
Read More23 January 2018
Cantillons Solicitors is a Firm which focuses on Litigation and in particular, Personal Injuries, Medical Negligence and Commercial Litigation. The Medical Negligence Team has been bolstered with the appointment of Lyndy Cantillon and Orla Kelly as Partners. While the Litigation Department is delighted to welcome Jody Cantillon as a Partner. Lyndy Cantillon trained in Cantillons […]
Read More10 January 2018
Jody and the Litigation Team were successful in representing a client who was wrongfully denied cover under their health insurance policy. The insurance company took the position that the illness from which our client was suffering from was pre-existing and prior to the date of the inception of the health insurance policy. This was an […]
Read More4 January 2018
Orla Kelly and Karen Bohane were instructed by a gentleman regarding a delay in diagnosing his multiple myeloma. Despite his vigilance in seeking medical assistance for his symptoms, unfortunately his multiple myeloma went undiagnosed due to negligence of his Consultant. Ultimately the myeloma was diagnosed by a different Consultant and the appropriate life-saving treatment was […]
Read More4 January 2018
Karen Bohane and Orla Kelly as part of the firm’s medical negligence team represented a gentleman who suffered damage following the insertion of a replacement hip. This was a case of surgical error whereby the technique used by the Surgeon was admitted to be of a negligent standard. This led to significant damage to this […]
Read More4 January 2018
Orla Kelly and the Medical Negligence Team acted on behalf of a gentleman who sustained significant injury following elective surgery to a repair an incisional hernia defect. Following the ill-advised surgery he developed severe complications including sepsis and organ failure. This resulted in a stay of almost three weeks in ITU followed by a further […]
Read More4 January 2018
Cantillons were instructed by the family of a gentleman regarding medical negligence which led to his wrongful death. The gentleman in question underwent an MRI Scan but unfortunately the MRI was wrongfully and incorrectly reported as normal. In the years following the MRI this man continued to deteriorate until ultimately following a seizure it was […]
Read More4 January 2018
The Medical Negligence Team including Karen Bohane and Orla Kelly acted on behalf of a lady who suffered a retroperitoneal bleed following a standard coronary angiogram procedure. It was intended that this lady would be discharged the day after this routine diagnostic procedure. However in the hours following the procedure this lady developed worrying signs […]
Read More6 December 2017
Jody and the Litigation Team represented a client who suffered serious injuries as a result of a fall while on holidays in Spain. Although the accident happened in Spain, legal proceedings were brought in Ireland under the Package Holidays & Travel Trade Act 1995 which allows people, who have booked a package holiday, and who […]
Read More16 October 2017
Jody and the Litigation Team represented a gentleman who suffered serious injuries to his neck and back as a result of being knocked down by a car. The Defendant alleged that he was not responsible for the accident. In early 2017, the Defendant attempted to buy off this claim by offering minimal compensation. Jody and […]
Read More6 October 2017
Orla Kelly represented a lady who received sub-standard corrective breast surgery and as a result endured significant psychological distress and embarrassment which has a negative impact on her daily life. The case was initially fought by the Defendants but ultimately it was possible to reach a settlement to the satisfaction of our client in advance […]
Read More6 October 2017
Orla Kelly and the Medical Negligence Team at Cantillons settled a case regarding dental negligence for a significant sum following settlement negotiations in September 2017. The lady’s Dental Practitioner performed surgery which was inappropriate for her. As a result she sustained significant dental injuries and disruption to her life. She continues to require treatment and […]
Read More6 October 2017
Orla Kelly attended a meeting at the PSI offices in Dublin to support a Pharmacist called before a meeting of the Head of Registration of Qualification in order to discuss a matter which had come to their attention. The purpose of the meeting was to decide whether a further formal complaint was required. The matter […]
Read More6 October 2017
Throughout 2016 and 2017 Karen Bohane and Orla Kelly have achieved a number of substantial settlements for the victims of the DePuy ASR Recalled Hip Devices. A variety of substantial settlements were reached at various stages; some pre-trial, some following a part heard trial and in certain cases through an Alternative Dispute Resolution (‘ADR’) process. […]
Read More4 October 2017
On the 4th October 2017, Pat Daly and the medical negligence team settled the case for Martin Coleman for injuries sustained during the course of his birth at St. Finbarr’s Hospital 20 years ago. Martin’s mother developed an acute obstetric emergency in the form of a cord prolapse during the latter stages of the labour. […]
Read More12 July 2017
Cantillons Solicitors were instructed by the parents of a young boy from Kerry in relation to the care that was afforded to him and his mother during the course of his birth at Cork University Maternity Hospital. The Plaintiff and his mother were under the care of a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at Cork University […]
Read More29 June 2017
In June 2017, Susie Elliott and the medical negligence team at Cantillons reached a further substantial settlement in the case of Patricia Ingle v HSE. It brings to €10,450,000 million the total awarded to Patricia Ingle to date. By way of background, in 2008, Ms Ingle sustained a profound brain injury as a result […]
Read More26 June 2017
Cantillons Solicitors were instructed on behalf of the family a man who died due to a delay in diagnosing lung cancer. The circumstances surrounding this case are that the deceased was suffering with chest symptoms and was sent for a chest x-ray, which he duly attended for at Cork University Hospital. This chest x-ray was […]
Read More12 June 2017
Melissa Gowan and Jody Cantillon of the Litigation and Probate Department were delighted to give a talk on Wills, Enduring Powers of Attorney, Healthcare Directives and the Assisted Decision Making (Capacity) Act 2015 to Family Carer’s Ireland at Tuckey Street on the 12th June, 2017. Melissa begun the talk by outlining the current procedures […]
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