
Hayes Solicitors LLP
Lawyers

Lyn McCarthy
- Phone+353 1 6624747
- Email[email protected]
Work Department
Healthcare
Position
Lyn is a partner in the Healthcare team at Hayes solicitors. Her professional disciplinary work includes advising clinical practitioners and indemnity bodies before regulatory Committees of Inquiry. She advises professional regulators in the context of Fitness to Practise, registration and advisory matters.
Lyn represents clinicians and healthcare enterprises in respect of the defence of medical negligence claims.
She is an experienced adviser on a wide range of legal and medico-legal issues. She advises medical practitioners, indemnity bodies, healthcare facilities and regulatory bodies in respect of a wide variety of issues, including reporting obligations, data protection issues and Freedom of Information, capacity, consent, confidentiality, mental health law and Medical Ethics/ Codes of Conduct.
Languages
Irish
Memberships
Law Society of Ireland
Member of Clár na Gaeilge, Law Society of Ireland
Member of Dublin Solicitors Bar Association (DSBA)
Member of the Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers (ARDL)
Member of FLAC (Free Legal Advice Centres)
Education
CL (Hons), University College Cork, 2007 LL.M (Clinical) (Hons), University College Cork, 2008 Lawyer Linguistics & Legal Translation, Honorable Society of King’s Inns, 2009 Admitted to the Roll of Solicitors, Law Society of Ireland, 2013 Admitted to Roll of Solicitors for England & Wales, Law Society of England & Wales, 2017 Diploma in Advanced Legal Practice Irish, Law Society of Ireland, 2017 Admitted to Roll of Irish Speaking Solicitors, Law Society of Ireland, 2018