Joice Carthy

Practice Areas

• Medical Negligence

Joice graduated from University of Limerick with a First Class Honours Bachelor of Arts degree in Law & European Studies in 1997 and then completed her L.L.M. in Queens College, Cambridge in 1998. She qualified as a Solicitor with Arthur Cox Solicitors in January 2002. She joined the litigation department of Augustus Cullen Law in November 2002 and became a Partner in 2008. Joice has successfully concluded many complex High Court Plaintiff medical negligence actions in all areas of clinical and medical negligence litigation including claims relating to Cerebral Palsy/Birth Injury, acquired brain injuries, gynaecological and obstetric injuries, oncology, Accident & Emergency, eye surgery, radiological negligence, spinal injuries, cosmetic surgery claims, GP negligence and  fatal injury claims/Inquests.

Recent Case of Note

Barry v National Maternity Hospital
This birth injury claim, in which the minor plaintiff was awarded very substantial damages, resulted in the first judgment in this jurisdiction on the issue of the calculation of damages for future accommodation for a catastrophically injured plaintiff.

Read More on this case:

• High Court awards over €735k compensation for plaintiff’s future accommodation needs
• ACL Win Cerebral Palsy Action- A New Approach,Payment of Substantial Interim Award

L.M. v I.C.
This claim arose out of the failure of a Dublin Hospital to correctly inform the Plaintiff’s partner of her HIV positive status, following blood tests she underwent for this purpose. As a result, the Plaintiff contracted the HIV virus, which could have been completely avoided, but for the Hospital’s negligence. He recovered significant damages as a result.

Membership of Organisations

• Member of Dublin Solicitors Bar Association
• Member of the Wicklow Solicitors Bar Association
• Secretary of the Medical Injuries Alliance
• Member of Action Against Medical Accidents (AvMA)

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