Addleshaw Goddard advises on a wide array of public and regulatory matters, including professional conduct issues, enforcement processes, and disputes such as statutory challenges and judicial review proceedings. The team is led by Stephen McLoughlin, who frequently acts in fitness-to-practise inquiries, suspension and confirmation applications, and judicial reviews.
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- The team is always willing, available, and strong in the law.
- Stephen McLoughlin, Cathal O'Currain, and Rachel Kennedy are a pleasure to work with, available, engaged, and willing to support us at all stages.
- 'Stephen McLoughlin is a pleasure to work with; he is available, engaged, and willing to support us at all stages.'
- 'The team are always willing, available, strong on the law.'
Key clients
- IDA
- Land Development Agency
- Nursing & Midwifery Board of Ireland
- Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland
- Health Products Regulatory Authority
- Fold Housing Association Ireland Limited, CLG
- Túath Housing Association
- Sophia Housing Association
- National Asset Management Agency
- Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland
- Law Society of Ireland
- Charities Regulator
- Medical Council of Ireland
- CORU, Health and Social Care Regulator
Work highlights
Acted for the Medical Council of Ireland in relation to judicial review proceedings brought by the family of a young patient who died following care provided to her in a hospital in Ireland, wherein the family sought to challenge the decision of the Preliminary Proceedings Committee of the Council dismissing a complaint made against one of the doctors involved in her care.
Instructed by HBFI on a significant cross-departmental matter involving the provision of development finance to Kinwest Limited (Hollybrook Homes) for the construction of over 230 residential units and a crèche nestled within the historic wooded grounds of Auburn House, Malahide Village. Co. Dublin.
Acting for the HPRA in relation to all aspects of its work, including high-profile High Court litigation involving an allegedly defective vaccine and an ongoing high-profile Government Inquiry into the regulation of a drug used to treat patients with Epilepsy.
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Practice head
Stephen McLoughlin