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 |
CV |
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 |
View CV |
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 |
View CV |
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Ciaran Fahy |
Consulting Engineer |
66 Eglinton Road, Donnybrook, Dublin 4 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Martin G. Lawlor |
Solicitor |
Coughlan Kelly, Trinity Chambers, South Street , New Ross, Co. Wexford |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
Guidelines for membership of the Panel of Arbitrators and details on the application procedures are available below:
For more information, contact us.
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.
More information
- Access a copy of the Arbitration Rules of the Law Society.
- View the Arbitration Act 2010