Kennedys has a significant presence in healthcare litigation, especially medical negligence cases. It represents a variety of medical service providers, medical product manufacturers, healthcare professionals and their insurers. It has remained active in CervicalCheck misdiagnosis claims. Joanne O’Sullivan leads the team and played a pivotal role in the firm’s appointment to the State Claims Agency’s legal panel in January 2023. Legal director Shanna Dunne is noted for clinical negligence and product liability cases.
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Testimonials
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‘Responsiveness, quality of advice, thorough and prompt attention.’
‘Joanne O'Sullivan (Standout Partner), Shanna Dunne (Standout Associate).’
‘Kennedys Dublin, headed up by Joanne O'Sullivan, are extremely knowledgeable in the healthcare field and go above and beyond for their clients. They are very friendly and engaging, and nothing is too much trouble. They are very commercially minded.’
‘Shanna Dunne and Joanne O'Sullivan are very friendly and approachable and are robust negotiators. They obtain excellent results for their clients.’
‘The team's overall performance singles them out really. They work to deadlines effectively, provide well-structured and informative reports, and the solicitors are intelligent and approachable. They clearly have an excellent work culture.’
‘Joanne O'Sullivan - Probably the best healthcare defendant solicitor in Ireland. Joanne's work ethic is second to none, her knowledge of the subject is deep and yet she combines this with an easy-going relaxed character that puts you at ease. The latter quality is essential when you have doctors going through a very stressful period in their life.'
'Olan Kelleher - Olan presents with a similar relaxed attitude to Joanne without showing any signs of complacency. He's thorough, has an eye for detail, has an excellent work ethic. Joanne and Olan are the two who I work with most. There are others in the team who undoubtedly deserve praise that I haven't singled out. I've not had a bad experience with the Kennedys team in Ireland.’
Key clients
- Challenge Indemnity
- CPL Healthcare Limited
- DCM Optical Express
- DePuy International Limited
- Finsbury Orthopaedics Limited
- Johnson & Johnson
- Medlab Pathology Limited
- Oculentis GmbH
- Sims IVF (Advanced Fertility Care)
- Sonic Healthcare (Ireland) Limited
- State Claims Agency
Work highlights
- Instructed as lead counsel in CervicalCheck (cancer misdiagnosis) cases in Ireland for the past several years.
- Appointed to the State Claims Agency panel in January 2023.
Lawyers
Leading associates
Leading associates with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Joanne O’Sullivan