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07 Jun '19
We usually hold an annual cake sale in the lobby of 6 Lapps Quay in aid of Down Syndrome Cork. This year we did something different and hosted afternoon tea in our boardroom. We are proud to report it was a great success and raised funds for a worthy cause, Down Syndrome Cork. A warm [...]
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Philip O’Leary, Managing Partner and Head of Commercial Law, Fitzgerald Legal and Advisory takes the Business & Finance 60-second interview. Q. What was your first job? My first job was at age 14 as a bar assistant in Na Piarsaigh Hurling and Football Club Q. What would you regard as your greatest achievement to date? Raising three [...]
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Our Managing Partner Philip O’Leary was delighted to be a guest speaker the FLAC Access to Justice Conference on Friday, 17 May 2019. Below Philip is pictured with Chief Justice Frank Clarke, Attorney General Séamus Woulfe and fellow guest speakers.
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The chairman of the Legal Aid Board says some people are being caught in “a poverty trap” where they cannot get financial assistance to go to court due to issues with eligibility criteria. Philip O’Leary said the regulations were “idiosyncratic and in need of updating”. Unlike criminal legal aid, where a qualifying person’s legal costs [...]
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17 May '19
Sean O’Riordan, Melanie Evans, Helene O’Donovan and David Swinburne from our Legal & Advisory Energy Team attended the Energy Cork conference on 17 May 2019. There was lots of interesting debate around the challenges and opportunities for all of us from both a personal and business perspective. Watch this space!
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I was appointed to the Irish Banking Culture Board, an industry initiative established to rebuild trust in the banking sector and promote fair customer outcomes on 15 April by Mr Justice John Hedigan. I regard this as an opportunity to advise on the recalibration of the relationship between banks and their customers. Access to credit [...]
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13 May '19
On 9 May 2019 a five Judge Supreme Court handed down a judgment in the case of ACC Loan Management Limited DAC -v- Mark Rickard and Gerard Rickard [2017/146]. The Supreme Court had to make a decision on an appeal from a decision of the Court of Appeal by Mark Rickard. The background to the [...]
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Philip O’ Leary has been appointed as a board member to the Irish Banking Culture Board (“IBCB”). As Managing Partner and head of the Commercial Law Practice with leading Cork-based professional services firm FitzGerald Legal & Advisory, Philip has accumulated more than 20 years specialised experience in representing financial institutions in the areas of new [...]
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In the recent High Court case of The Personal Insolvency Acts 2012-2015 and in the Matter of Thomas Finnegan (a Debtor), delivered on 4 March 2019, McDonald J set a clear statement about the approach the court should take with regards to the issue of costs in Legal Aid cases (not necessarily limited to Ahaile [...]
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David Swinburne, head of advisory practice, Fitzgerald Legal & Advisory, says the world of work goes beyond just commercial gain. ADVISING businesses at all stages of their life cycle from start-up to growth phase, David Swinburne has held senior roles with KPMG and McStay Luby chartered accountants, working on transactions and assignments for clients across [...]
