Case Studies

O’Reilly Stewart have acted in a complex TUPE matter in which the employer made its employee redundant. The employee believed that his role continued to be carried on by another individual post the transfer. In making him redundant, the employer had failed to comply with its obligation to inform and consult under the Transfer of…

The O’Reilly Stewart licensing and property departments have been involved in the latest development in Belfast’s busy Cathedral Quarter. The £3.5 million project by Commercial Court Inns Limited will see the creation of The Orpheus Bar, an extension to the hugely popular Harp Bar, as well as the creation of a new micro-brewery, museum and…

This was a very complex medical negligence case involving a child who developed cerebral palsy following birth at a maternity hospital in Northern Ireland. Following a lengthy investigation it was established that the cerebral palsy was caused as a result of negligence in the induction of labour, using prostaglandin gel.   An inappropriate dosage of Prostin gel was…

O’Reilly Stewart were instructed by Mr M following an incident in a high street restaurant.  Dionne Darragh acted in this case. Mr M was taking his grandson to the toilet within the restaurant when the skin on his right ankle was pierced by a needle attached to a syringe on the floor.  He was in…

Patrick Mullarkey of O’Reilly Stewart Solicitors acted on behalf of a 9 year old County Antrim girl who suffered brain damage at the time of her birth.  In January 2018 she secured damages of in excess of £8 million, one of the highest value medical negligence cases ever settled in Northern Ireland. The child’s parents…

I have just concluded a serious personal injury claim for a vulnerable adult, Mr SC. My client resides with his family but was provided with daily outside care from his local Health Trust. Mr SC sustained serious injuries due to an accident caused by the negligence of the carers in question and I was instructed…

I recently concluded a serious personal injury claim involving catastrophic injuries for a 50 year old man, Mr CV. My client was a motorcyclist who sustained serious injuries due to an accident caused by the negligence of a car driver who had pulled out of a junction without giving way to his motorcycle.  Liability was…

O’Reilly Stewart were instructed to investigate the Trust’s failure to provide adequate follow up care and assessment, post cancer diagnosis.  Dionne Darragh acted in this case. A serious incident investigation identified several failures in the management of our client’s care and it was accepted that she had been ‘lost to follow up.’ In light of…

O’Reilly Stewart were instructed to investigate medical treatment.  Dionne Darragh acted in this case. In 2012 our client was diagnosed with a symptomatic abdominal incisional hernia. She was advised to have a laparoscopic mesh repair.  As part of the NHS ‘waiting list initiative’ she was transferred to a private hospital and underwent a laparoscopic mesh…

Patrick Mullarkey of O’Reilly Stewart Solicitors acted on behalf of the parents of Stephen McElroy who collapsed and died in Daisy Hill Emergency Department from a bowel obstruction in March 2015, some 6 hours after having been discharged. At an Inquest which proceeded on Thursday 1st June 2017, the Southern Health & Social Care Trust…