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Katy Meade

Katy is a partner with significant experience in healthcare litigation, acting for plaintiffs and defendants. Before joining Hayes, she worked at a leading UK firm for 5 years, managing claims advanced by plaintiffs against the NHSLA. At Hayes, Katy specialises in advising clinical practitioners and their indemnity bodies on the defence of healthcare claims. She is a solicitor and a qualified nurse – a dual qualification that gives her a unique insight into healthcare practice. · Hayes Solicitors LLP

IrelandHealthcare, Clinical Negligence

About

Katy Meade is a partner at Hayes Solicitors LLP with significant experience in healthcare litigation, acting for both plaintiffs and defendants. She is a solicitor and a qualified nurse and specialises in advising clinical practitioners and their indemnity bodies on the defence of healthcare claims; prior to joining Hayes she spent five years at a leading UK firm managing claims advanced against the NHSLA.

Practice areas

HealthcareClinical NegligenceLitigationMedical Indemnity

Office

Expertise

Defence of clinical practitionersAdvising medical indemnity bodiesRepresentation of plaintiffs and defendants in healthcare litigationManaging claims advanced against the NHSLA

Education

  • Professional qualification as a solicitor, Law Society of Ireland (2010)
  • Post Graduate Diploma in Legal Studies, Dublin Institute of Technology
  • Bachelor of Nursing, Queensland University of Technology

Admissions

  • Law Society of Ireland (Solicitor, 2010)
  • Roll of Solicitors of England and Wales (admitted 2010)