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Conor is a partner in the Healthcare team at Hayes solicitors. He has over nine years experience working for leading firms in both Ireland (north & south) and England. Conor advises clinical practitioners and their indemnity bodies on the defence of medical negligence claims.

Prior to commencing employment with Hayes, Conor worked for four years within the catastrophic injuries department of a leading Legal 500 and Chambers ranked UK firm advising insurer clients on complex and very high value claims.

Experience

• Catastrophic injuries - Conor has supported senior partners in defending personal injury actions of the utmost severity. Such claims required detailed liability, causation and quantum investigation and analysis. Many of the cases involved young children with severe spinal and brain injuries
• Inquests – As part of his role at Hayes, Conor acts on behalf of hospitals at inquests
• Medical negligence defence – Conor assists in defending a varied caseload of medical negligence claims including failure to diagnose, surgical mistakes and gynaecological injuries
• Plaintiff & defence litigation - Conor has previously managed a varied case load of Circuit and High Court matters in the areas of employers’ liability, public liability, road traffic, industrial disease and medical negligence

Memberships

• Law Society of Ireland
• Law Society of England & Wales

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Law (LLB), University of Ulster
• Masters in Human Rights Law (LLM), Queens University, Belfast
• Professional qualification as a solicitor in Northern Ireland, 2011 

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