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Firms To Watch: Personal injury and clinical negligence: claimant

PA Duffy & Co offers comprehensive medical negligence and personal injury coverage. The group is led by Gary Daly , who joined in 2022.

Personal injury and clinical negligence: claimant in Northern Ireland

Millar McCall Wylie LLP

The Millar McCall Wylie LLP personal injury team is particularly adept in advising and representing private clients in accident claims, medical negligence, hearing loss, and industrial disease. Caroline Prunty heads the firm’s litigation practice. Prunty’s practice involves a wide variety of personal injury cases, including a matter where she advised an athlete in claims against the clerk of a competition. A key figure in the litigation team, William McSorley often works on asbestos, and work-related hearing loss and injury claims. Associate Ashley Black leads a variety of cases, including insurer indemnity matters at the High Court level.

Responsables de la pratique:

Caroline Prunty


Autres avocats clés:

William McSorley; Ashley Black; Sean Hayes


Les références

‘The Practice works efficiently and effectively, processing high volumes of cases across the County Court and High Court. The service is slick and turnaround time is efficient to the benefit of their clients. The expertise of the solicitors working in the disease team is second to none.’

‘The partners and associates with whom I work, including William McSorley and Ashley Black, stand out from their competitors in their level of professionalism and expertise that they bring to their cases. ’

‘This practice is very efficient in how they progress cases from beginning to settlement. They are willing to engage with the opponents in order to progress matters.’

Principaux dossiers


  • Obtained £45,000.in compensation for accident at work claimant.
  • Obtained £32,000 compensation in noise induced hearing loss claim.
  • Instructed by family of fatal road accident victim as trusted legal advisor.

Thompsons NI Solicitors

Thompsons NI Solicitors is a personal injury claims boutique firm which specializes in serious injury, asbestos, road traffic accidents, medical negligence, and matters surrounding mesh surgery. Oonagh McClure leads the firm with abundant experience in asbestos claims, as well as various workplace-related personal injuries. One of McClure’s notable works includes a complex High Court level matter involving a client sustaining psychiatric injury due to their employer’s failure to accommodate for their Asperger’s Syndrome. Laura Henderson supports McClure on many of her cases, including teachers who sustained injuries in the workplace.

Responsables de la pratique:

Oonagh McClure


Autres avocats clés:

Laura Henderson


Les références

‘Professional firm with very good communication.’

‘The client comes first from beginning to end; being that client, injured while employed in the public sector, I have first-hand experience of the team’s professionalism in displaying this. This was especially evident during Covid, which interrupted my case proceedings.’

Principaux dossiers


  • Obtained a £250,000 settlement for a paramedic who sustained injuries to his back, neck and shoulders while on call.
     
  • Obtained a £100,000 settlement for the client, who experienced incontinence difficulties following TVTO mesh surgery.
     
  • Obtained a £65,000 settlement for a client who tripped and sustained injuries to her shoulder while at work.