Arbitration

Download forms and access contact details for arbitrators in Ireland.


To apply for the appointment of an arbitrator by the President, please complete and sign the appointment of arbitrator application form.

Send the form, together with the application fee of €450 (VAT incl.), to Secretary of ADR Committee, Law Society of Ireland, Blackhall Place, Dublin 7.

For more information or to send your signed application form by email, contact arbitration@lawsociety.ie.


View contact details for the current panel of arbitrators below.

Name

Profession

Address

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Susan Ahern

Barrister

The Law Library, Four Courts, Innis Quay, Dublin 7

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Gordon Barry                    

Engineer

58 Red Arches Road, Baldoyle, Dublin 13

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Joe Behan

Consulting Engineer

J P Behan Associates Consulting Engineers, Behan Dispute Resolution, The Chase Building, Carmanhall Road, Sandyford, Dublin 18

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James Bridgeman

Barrister

The Law Library, Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7

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John M. Bourke

Solicitor

Bourke & Company, 169-171 Drimnagh Road, Walkinstown, Dublin 12

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Meg Burke

Barrister

Park House, 3 Tuckey Street, Cork

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Michael Carrigan

Solicitor

Suite 24, The Old Station House, 15a Main Street, Blackrock, Co. Dublin

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Geraldine Clarke

Solicitor

Gleeson McGrath Baldwin, 29 Anglesea Street, Dublin 2

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Eamonn Conlon

Solicitor

Eamonn Conlon, Linden, Dublin Road, Shankhill, D18 V6F3

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Michael Crowe

Solicitor

Daly Lynch Crowe & Morris, The Corn Exchange, Burgh Quay, Dublin 7

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Arran Dowling-Hussey

Barrister

Law Library, Distillery Building, 145-151 Church Street, Dublin 7

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Miriam Driessen-Reilly

Solicitor (non-practicing), FCIArb

miriam@driessen-reilly.net

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Ciaran Fahy

Consulting Engineer

66 Eglinton Road, Donnybrook, Dublin 4

 

Donal ffrench-O'Carroll

Chartered Surveyor, Registered Valuer

Elliot & Fitzgerald, 11 Lower Pembroke Street, Dublin 2

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Siobhan Fahey

Chartered Engineer

Gold Coast Road, Ballinacourty, Dungarvan , Co. Wexford

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Dermot Flanagan SC

Barrister

1 Arran Square, Arran Quay, Dublin 7

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John P. Gaffney

Solicitor

AL Tamini & Company, AL Sila Tower, 26th Floor, Sowwah Square, AL Maryah Island, PO Box 44046, Abu Dhabi, UAE

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David J. Gill

Chartered Surveyor Auctioneer

David Gill Associates, 44 Adelaide Road, Dublin, D02 PC99

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Bernard Gogarty

Solicitor

Smyth & Son, Rope Walk, Drogheda, Co. Louth

 

Eamon Harrington

Solicitor

Comyn Kelleher Tobin, 29 South Mall, Cork

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Bill Holohan

Solicitor

Holohan Law, Suite 319, The Capel Building, St. Mary’s Abbey, Dublin 1

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Anthony Hussey

Solicitor

Hussey Fraser, 17 Northumberland Road, Dublin 4

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Keith Kelliher

Chartered Quantity Surveyor

Kelliher & Associates, Office Suite 1, Unit 9, Swanward Business Centre, Ballymount Road Upper, Dublin 24

 

Conor Kelly

Architect

Kelly ADR, Seandoire, Corcullen, Galway

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Karen Killoran

Solicitor

Arthur Cox, Ten Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2

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James Kinch                       

Solicitor

Chief State Solicitor’s Office, Osmond House, Little Ship Street, Dublin 8

 

Martin G. Lawlor

Solicitor

Coughlan Kelly, Trinity Chambers, South Street , New Ross, Co. Wexford

 

Gerard P. Monaghan

Chartered Engineer

2 Bramley Avenue, Castleknock, Dublin 15

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Michael M. Moran

Solicitor & Notary Public

Suite 30. 1A, Cranford Centre, Montrose, Dublin 4, D04 X6H0

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Frank Murphy

Solicitor

Frank Murphy, Priory House, 19 Priory Office Park, Stillorgan Rd, Blackrock, Co. Dublin

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Simon Murphy

Solicitor

JRAP O’Meara, 89/90 South Mall, Cork

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Frank Nyhan

Solicitor

Frank Nyhan & Associates, 11 Market Square, Mallow, Co. Cork

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Patrick O’Connor

Solicitor

P O’Connor & Son, Market Street, Swinford, Co. Mayo

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James O’Donoghue

Architect

Bluett & O’Donoghue, 1 Chancery  Street, Dublin 7

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Cormac O’Hanlon

Solicitor

J W O’Donovan, 53 South Mall, Cork

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Michael Peart

Retired Judge

84 Stillorgan Grove, Blackrock, Co. Dublin

 

John Shaw

Solicitor

JA Shaw & Company, Marlinstown Business Park, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath

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Roy Sherlock

Chartered Surveyor

Meadowlands, Knockieran, Blessington, Co. Wicklow, W91 H9F4

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Laurence K Shields

Solicitor

‘Brooke’, 182 Stillorgan Road, Donnybrook, Dublin 4

 

Joe Thomas

Solicitor

O'Reilly Thomas, 8 North Quay, Drogheda, Co. Louth

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Tom Wren

ADR Consultant

‘Rockelstaad’, Black Road, Ardpatrick, Killmallock, Co. Limerick

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Guidelines for membership of the Panel of Arbitrators and details on the application procedures are available below:

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Draft Precedent Arbitration Clause - for use where the Arbitration Rules of the Law Society are NOT being adopted

All disputes which arise between the parties in connection with this Agreement, or the subject matter of this Agreement, shall be decided by an arbitrator agreed by the parties or, in default of agreement, appointed on the application of any of the parties by the President for the time being of the Law Society of Ireland or should the said President be absent, unwilling or unable to do so by the next senior officer of the Society who is ready, willing and able to make the appointment.

[When adopting an arbitration clause parties should have regard to the provisions of the Arbitration Act, 2010 including the powers conferred by the Act on both the High Court and the arbitral tribunal and should inter alia consider whether the powers, rights and obligations conferred by the Act need to be varied and whether for example any special provisions need to be made in relation to the following;

(i)  the number of arbitrators (Article 10  of the Model Law /  Section 13 of the Act) ;

(ii) security for costs (Article 17 of the Model Law / Section 19 of the Act);

(iii) the place of arbitration (Article 20 of the Model Law - international arbitrations);

(iv) the language to be used in the arbitration proceedings (Article 22 of the Model Law -international arbitrations).    

(v) the requirement for the arbitral tribunal to give reasons for its award (Article 31 of the Model Law)

(vi) discovery (neither the Act nor the Model Law expressly provides for discovery);

(vii) the adoption of rules of procedure.

Draft Precedent Arbitration Clause - where the Arbitration Rules of the Law Society ARE being adopted

All disputes which arise between the parties in connection with this Agreement, or the subject matter of this Agreement, shall be determined by arbitration in accordance with the Arbitration Rules of the Law Society of Ireland. 

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