Admitted 1996

Personal Injury Litigation*, General Litigation & Debt Recovery

Telephone: 071 966 2019

John qualified as a Solicitor in 1996 and is an accomplished litigator with almost 20 years experience.

John is Joint Managing Partner and Head of our General Litigation Department and deals mainly with personal injury, fatal injury, professional negligence, medical negligence and product liability litigation.

John also specialises in defence insurance litigation and advises in relation to all aspects of insurance litigation including catastrophic personal injuries, employers’ liability, public liability, product liability, MIBI and motor claims. He has developed long term business relationships with the insurance sector and has established a strong reputation as a leading advisor within this area.

*In contentious business, a solicitor may not calculate fees or charges as a percentage or proportion of any award or settlement.

CASES OF NOTE

GSOC urges High Court to overturn costs order over ‘one-sided’ investigation

The Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) wants the High Court to overturn a costs order made against it by a District Court Judge. District Judge Kevin Kilrane had described GSOC’s investigation into a road accident involving a couple and an off-duty Garda as...

Melissa Patterson was just 18 years old when she was hit by a car

“We’ve lost someone so precious.”
In July 2015 Melissa Patterson was just 18 years old when she was hit by a car and killed while out walking on the N60. So far in 2017 12 people have died so far on our roads, seven of those deaths have been pedestrians.

Road Safety Appeal following the death of Melissa Patterson

We spoke to Melissa’s mother Carmel and her twin sister Belinda who are appealing to the Government to reduce speed limits

Family hope daughter’s death not in vain

THE family of a Castlebar teenager who died in a road-traffic accident have said that they hope her death will not be in vain

Death Crash Inquest

A PENSIONER has told of the horror moment she caused a road accident which claimed the life of a teenager.

Mayo inquest returns verdict of accidental death

A jury at the inquest into the death of an 18-year-old woman, who died in a traffic collision in 2015, has returned a verdict of accidental death.

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