Title: Lecturer in Law
School/Department: School of Humanities - Applied Arts
Telephone: +353 0 51302270
Email: [email protected]
Room Name/Num:: C215
Building:: Convent Building
Campus:: College Street

My Biography

Started professional career as a practising solicitor and has worked thirty years as a law lecturer.

External and Professional Links:

The Law Society of Ireland Member

Waterford Bar Association Member

Law Society of England and Wales Member

Pharos University Alexandria, visiting lecturer (2010)

Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers lecturer in Shipping Law 2014/5 and 2015/6

Practising membership of the Law Society of Ireland; admitted to practice in England and Wales (2011)

My Research

Academic research is focused on specific problems arising in general practice which in 2015 included the effect of a double dismissal of an employee and the attachment of legal privilege to communications between a trade union representative and a member involved in disciplinary proceedings. Currently reading issues arising in Shipping Law

Teaching Experience

Land Law, Constitutional Law, Business Law, Construction Law, International Trade Law, Shipping Law, Conveyancing, Evidence and Civil Litigation.

My Professional Experience

Professional practice experience in the areas of civil litigation, both general and personal injury; criminal defence cases at District and Circuit Court level; family litigation at District, Circuit and High Court level; employment law matters to include presentation of cases before the Labour Court, Employment Appeals Tribunals, Equality Officers and Rights Commissioners; advisory work for both private individuals and the corporate sector; licensing matters; negotiating and drafting to include property, building, employment, separation, agency and general commercial agreements.