Services and expert witnesses

Service providers to the legal profession.

Note

Information in this section is provided by advertisers in the Law Directory. Inclusion does not constitute an endorsement of a supplier by the Law Society. Unless otherwise stated, information in this section is current as of May 2024.


Byrne Actuaries

Consulting Actuaries

Elm House, Leopardstown Office Park, Sandyford, Dublin 18, D18 CX34.

John Byrne: 087 202 8660
Peter Byrne: 087 250 5603
Joe V Byrne: 086 048 6306
Cathal Coyle: 01 764 2139
Kieran Drea: 01 764 2134
Ronan Keane: 01 764 2138

Specialists in personal injury and fatal injury litigation cases, Family Law, investment claims, pension funds, the pensions aspects of mergers and acquisitions and advice to employment lawyers on pension matters.

 

Kehoe Reynolds & Co

Consulting Actuaries

PO Box 13017, Dublin 15.

  • Telephone: 01 515 5759

Kevin Reynolds

 Maura Carter

Specialist in actuarial evidence for fatal accident, personal injury, pension and employment law litigation.

 

Segrave-Daly & Lynch Limited

9 Corrig Avenue, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin.

Brendan Lynch: 086 227 2431
Nigel Tennant: 086 385 7819

Specialists in fatal and injury and family law litigation cases and Hepatitis Tribunal cases.

 

Willis Towers Watson

Elm Park, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04 P231.
5 Lapp’s Quay, Cork, T12 RW7D.


Hibernian House, 105 Henry Street, Limerick, V94 XOXT.
Block 3 Galway Financial Service Centre (GFSC) Moneenageisha Road, Galway.

Gavin Howlin FIA FSAI

  • Telephone: 01 639 6488

Specialists in litigation, corporate pensions, investments and pension aspects of mergers and acquisitions.


Michael Brady

Agricultural Consultant and Recognised European Valuer BAgrSC (Hon), M.I.P.A.V (REV)

BRADY GROUP
The Lodge, Lee Road, Cork.

Consultants and Valuers in Agriculture to Farmers, Agribusiness, Industry and the Legal Profession. Legal Support Services include assessment, calculation and reporting on loss and claims in Agriculture. Our experience encompasses assessment of income loss, personal injury claims, family law, valuations, disputes, CPO’s etc. We pride ourselves in producing concise, technically accurate well-written reports and providing an efficient and professional service to the Legal Profession.

 

Martin, William J., M.AGR.SC.

Agricultural Consultant and Valuer
16 St. Patrick’s Hill, Cork.

With over forty years’ experience, we provide an expert witness service in all areas of farming and agribusiness at Circuit Court, High Court and at Arbitration Hearings.

Services include:

  • Expert Witness in Court and Arbitration Hearings

  • Farm Income Loss Assessment in Personal Injury Cases

  • Family Law - Farm Reports and Settlement Proposals in Separation, Divorce and Partnership Dissolutions

  • Product Liability Claim Loss Assessment

  • Compulsory Purchase Order Claims

 


Animal Behaviour Clinic

Dr Orla Doherty DIP ES MVB MSC PHD MRCVS
Veterinary Behaviourist & Associate Lecturer
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin
Drumcrowie, Malin, Co. Donegal

Orla Doherty has over 29 years experience leading Ireland’s foremost veterinary behaviour referral practice. Orla has lectured and published internationally on animal behaviour and welfare, and is currently Senior Vice President of the International Society for Equitation Science. Orla can provide expert opinion relating to all and any issues pertaining to animal behaviour, particularly equine and canine behaviour. She can attend on site to prepare necessary court reports and make comment on liability in civil cases regarding any aspect of animal management and behaviour.


MCS Case Management Limited

Providing Case Management services following catastrophic injury

A successful Case Manager will transform an award of damages into a meaningful and fulfilled future for your Client.

At MCS our team of experienced Irish Case Managers have established an excellent reputation for making a real difference by supporting individuals and their families following a catastrophic injury, such as an acquired brain injury, cerebral palsy or a spinal injury.

Trained and accredited with recognised Case Management institutions in the UK (BABICM & CMSUK) and with a network of highly recommended therapists across Ireland, MCS will guide your Client through the difficult post-settlement period, establishing a service tailored to their specific needs.

MCS also offers a comprehensive nurse-led expert witness service, providing a range of reports for every step of your client’s claim, from Causation & Liability and Cost of Care reports to Initial Needs Assessments and Case Management reports.

Our team of experts are on hand to assist you.

For more information please visit our website: mcscasemanagement.ie or contact us at: info@mcscasemanagement.ie and by telephone at 01 493 6948.


Grant Thornton Valuation Services

Grant Thornton’s valuations team provides expert evidence and advice in disputes, for transactions and in support of regulatory and administrative matters – valuing businesses, listed and unlisted securities and intangible assets.

Our specialist valuation experts have extensive industry knowledge, international reach and expertise. We can deliver advice tailored to your requirements and specifications providing you with a robust and defensible valuation.

Michael Neary, Partner, Corporate Finance
13-18 City Quay, Dublin 2


Dr G. Moore-Groarke

Consultant / chartered psychologist

5a, block b, Harley Court Sarsfield Rd., Wilton, Cork.

Dr. G. Moore Groarke is a Chartered Psychologist and provides assistance with Court reports for children and adults, road traffic injuries, work-place accidents, bullying at work, constructive dismissal, medical negligence, and international protection.


Grant Thornton Forensic & Investigation Services

Grant Thornton has the largest and most experienced electronic discovery practice in Ireland. Our specialists have successfully completed dozens of cases for all types of clients, from multinational financial companies, and large public bodies, to small businesses and private individuals.

We have the local resources and capability to handle the largest electronic discovery assignments. We are a member of Grant Thornton’s international network of litigation support and electronic discovery practices.

Paul Jacobs (Director)
13-18 City Quay, Dublin 2.


DeLap & Waller Mechanical & Electrical Consulting Engineers

Expertise:

  • Mechanical, Electrical + Lift Accidents

  • Heating + Ventilation Systems

  •  Air Conditioning Systems

  • Insurance Claims

  • Loss Assessment

  • BER Certification

  • Engineering Reports

  • Expert Witness Services

  • Project Management

  • Cost Reports

  • Lighting Levels

Michael O’Doherty, CEng, BEng (Hons), MCIBSE, MIMechE, Engineering Consultant and Expert Witness

Delap & Waller Ltd, 1st Floor, Bloomfield House, Bloomfield Avenue, Dublin D08 WT10
Offices at Antrim, Dublin, London


Denis Wood Associates

Consulting Forensic Engineers
Isoldes Tower, 1 Essex Quay, Dublin 8.
DX 253 008 DAME STREET

Forensic Investigation Services – Civil & Criminal

  • Road Traffic Accidents (including injury causation
    mechanisms & biomechanics)

  • Slips, Trips & Falls

  • Personal Injury

  • Fires & Explosions

  • Property Loss (escape of water, fluids etc.)

  • Mechanical & Electrical Engineering and Material Failures

 

Forensic Engineering Services

The Arches, Gas House Lane, Kilkenny
DX 27003 Kilkenny.

  • Telephone: 056 773 4079

The Glass House, 11 Coke Lane, Smithfield, Dublin 7. DX 1016 Four Courts.

Forensic Engineering Services (FES) is an independent engineering practice of 32 people and has served the needs of the legal profession and insurance
industry since 1980, providing expert & independent reports/testimony in the following areas; Industrial / Workplace Health & Safety Statutory and Best Practice Compliance, Construction Health & Safety Statutory and Best Practice Compliance, Road Traffic Accident Investigation, Arbitration, Property Mapping, Building Regulation and Industry Best Practice Compliance, Structural Surveys, Condition Reports on Buildings, Structural Design Standards and Best Practice Compliance, HVAC Systems Auditing and Assessment, Planning Compliance, Risk Management, Environmental reports on Noise, Dust, Traffic, Hazardous waste.

 

JWHA

Consulting Mechanical & Electrical Engineers, Project Managers

Joseph W. Hogan CEng, FCIBSE, MIEI, RConsEI ACIArbI

  • Mechanical & Electrical Engineering Consultant and Expert Witness, Arbitrator, Mediator, Conciliator.

  • Mechanical & Electrical Engineering & Building Services within Education, Healthcare, Catering, Tourism, Transport, Leisure, Retail, Commercial, Residential buildings, Private buildings.

  • Engineering, heating, lighting reports, costings, assessments (BER), & budgets.

Professional Engineering Expertise in the following areas: Personal Injuries Investigation, Employment & Public Liability, Traffic Accidents, Fire Safety, Mechanical & Electrical Accidents, Lighting Levels, Heating & Ventilation Systems, Health & Safety, Air Conditioning, Noise Assessment, Noise Induced Hearing Loss, Sick Building Syndrome, Fires & Explosions, Accident Assessment, Engineering Equipment Evaluations, Insurance Claims, Loss Assessment, Project Management, Planning Issues.

BER Certificates for all Building Conveyances to meet S.I. No 666/2006
0 Merville Road, Stillorgan, Co Dublin

 

Matt O’Mahony & Associates

Consulting Forensic Engineers
8 Sidney Place, Wellington Road, Cork.

Denis O’Mahony BE, MSc, CEng, MIEEE, FIEI, FCIBSE
Frank O’Mahony BE, MEngSc, CEng, MIEI

Engineering Consultants providing Professional Engineering Reports and Expert Witness Services on matters requiring forensic engineering expertise. Extensive experience & expertise in Electrical, Mechanical or Civil/Structural Engineering matters. 

We have successfully provided our services to the legal profession and insurance industry for more than 30 years.

 

Sean Walsh & Associates

Consulting Engineers
11 Main Street, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14.

Sean Walsh, B.E., CEng, M.I.E.I. Chartered Engineer
Expert forensic and litigation service covering industrial accidents, public liability, road traffic accidents etc. Consultancy in Loss Control Management Systems.


Clarus Investment Solutions

Suite 403, 22-23 Upper Pembroke Street, Dublin 2.

Independent investment professionals with long experience in asset management. Computation of loss in investment and pension misselling cases.

Expert Witness. Advice in relation to investment issues and the compliance around investment advice.


Grant Thornton Forensic & Investigation Services

When financial and accounting matters are contentious, our Forensic & Investigation Services team can unravel the complexities and give you clear, concise and objective advice. Our experience includes expert witness, litigation support, fraud and special purpose financial investigations, insurance claims, employee investigations and professional negligence cases.

Paul Jacobs ACCA FCA(NZ) LLB(NZ) B Comm(NZ), (Partner)
13-18 City Quay, Dublin 2.

 

James Hyland and Company

Forensic Accounting and Litigation Support Services/Expert Witnesses
Library House, 18 Dyke Parade, Mardyke, Cork, Cork T12 A8D7
DX 2073

  • Telephone: 021 480 6346

38/39 Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin, D02 NX53

Specialising in: Personal injury and loss of earnings, Matrimonial proceedings, Breach of contract and commercial disputes, Negligence and professional malpractice, Insurance claims, Fraud, White collar crime, Shareholder disputes and Tribunal investigation.

James B Hyland B.Comm., F.C.A., F.C.I.S., A.C.I., Arb.
Peter Johnson M.A. (Oxon), F.C.A., C.F.E., A.I.T.I., M.E.W.I.

 

McStay Luby

Forensic Accountants & Expert Witness Services

Dargan House, 21–23 Fenian Street, Dublin 2.

Litigation Support Services: Formulating and assessing financial claims, commercial litigation, shareholder disputes, personal injury, professional negligence, divorce/separation, share valuations, pension disputes, fraud investigations, assistance with discovery.

John McStay MBA, F.C.A.
Jim Luby F.C.A., A.I.T.I.
Tom Rogers F.C.A.
Des Gibney F.C.A.


Massey & King

We are the Republic’s longest standing firm of legal genealogists with over 27 years of experience in business. We specialise in locating missing heirs and beneficiaries arising through a variety of circumstances: intestacy, probate, pension funds, insurance policies and adverse possession.

We are at the forefront in tracing people and have an extensive network of agents in many countries across the globe, including the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, UK and the majority of eastern and western Europe. With such a network we can initiate research in an instant.

Massey & King
6 Brighton Road, Dublin 6.


Corporate Access (Legal Services) Limited

Law Searchers – Fully Insured
We specialise in Closing Searches & Property Title Enquiries. Professional & Efficient Service.

Dublin Office:
Unit 222, The Capel Building Mary’s Abbey, Dublin 7, D07 DP79
DX 200116, Capel Building

Waterford Office:
1st Floor, Unit 5, Complex 5, Riverstown Business Park, Tramore, Co. Waterford X91 K228
DX 227005 Tramore

Members of the Irish Law Searchers Association


George Wilkins LCA Limited trading as Connolly Lowe

Legal Costs Accountants

Connolly Lowe House, 3 Inns Quay, Dublin 7.
DX 1040 Four Courts

Members of the Institute of Legal Costs Accountants
We act for Solicitors, Insurance Companies, Local Authorities, Financial Institutions and State Agencies and we provide a professional and efficient Legal Costs Accounting service with very competitive fee structures.

 

Cyril O’Neill – Legal Costs Accountants

Marshalsea Court, 20-23 Merchants Quay, Dublin 8.

As one of the country’s largest firms of legal costs accountants we provide a reliable and efficient costs service to solicitors, insurance companies, local authorities and financial institutions and have been doing so for over 60 years. Our highly experienced team of legal costs accountants will provide a professional service of the highest calibre.

 

Lords Legal Costs Accountants

Denshaw House, 121 Lower Baggot Street, Dublin 2.
DX 109026 Fitzwilliam

Simon Lord (Legal Costs Accountant)
Patricia Lord (Solicitor)
Mark Lord (Solicitor)

 

McCann Sadlier

Legal Costs Accountants
With over 100 years collective experience
* Expedient * Secure *Expert

11 North Street Business Park, Swords, Co. Dublin, K67 XH29.
DX: 91010 Swords.

 

Roarty & Co

 Legal Costs Accountants

First Floor, Block B, Hanover House, South Main Street, Cork.
DX: 2904 South Mall

We provide a professional, efficient, and dependable service. Established in Cork in 2011, we offer a dedicated, locally-based alternative while adopting a client focused approach and a competitive fee structure.


Caroline Preston

CEDR Accredited Commercial Mediator
701 Longboat Quay South, Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2.

Caroline Preston, a former head of an extensive litigation practice, has 30 years of experience in resolving commercial and personal disputes. In addition to her CEDR accreditation she obtained a post graduate diploma from Trinity College Dublin in Conflict and Dispute Resolution Studies. She is a determined advocate of helping parties achieve a solution through dialogue. She maintains a high record in achieving agreements in both highly complex and emotionally charged disputes.


Kinsella & Associates

Legal Nursing Consultants
Clone | Ferns | Co. Wexford | Y21CA33

Patricia Kinsella is the Principal of Kinsella & Associates and has extensive experience providing medical-legal nursing reports since 1996. We provide expert objective high-quality quantum special needs reports and liability causation reports. Our expertise includes the provision of quantum special
needs reports for adults, young people and children including but not limited to personal injury, birth injury, spinal and brain injury, delay in diagnosis and loss of services/Replacement care, among others.

Liability and causation reports provide opinion on Nursing/professional negligence in hospital, community and nursing/residential care settings. We have developed a broad range of experience in the analysis and evaluation of facts and the rendering of informed opinion related to the delivery of nursing and other health care services and outcomes.

Our services encompass preliminary advice, expert nursing opinion, site visits/home visits and patient assessment. The preparation, writing and submission of reports. Attendance at conference with Counsel/opposing experts and court attendance.

 

Sabrina O’Carroll Consulting

Forensic & Legal Nursing Consultants | Since 1997

Sabrina O’Carroll has over 24 years’ experience in preparing and providing medico-legal Nursing reports & expert testimony to the Irish Courts. Our services include:

  • QUANTUM (COST OF CARE) REPORTS

    • Personal Injury

    • Road Traffic Accidents

    • Acquired Brain Injury

    • Spinal Injury

    • Cerebral Palsy

    • Erb’s Palsy (Brachial Plexus Birth Palsy)

    • Cancer Misdiagnosis

    • End of Life Care

    • Medical Negligence

    • Hip Replacement

    • Mental Health

    • Learning Disabilities

    • Chronic Pain Conditions

    • Occupational Injuries

    • Vaccine Injuries

  • LOSS OF SERVICES/ REPLACEMENT CARE REPORTS

  • LIABILITY REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS

    • Health & Safety at work

    • Clinical Negligence

    • Root Cause Analysis and Incident Investigation

    • Professional Standards of Care

    • Manual Handling incidents

  • MEDIATION & CASE RESOLUTION

    • Provision of expert opinion to assist with case mediation and resolution where significant Care discrepancies exist

  • EXPERT WITNESS

    • Provision of Expert Testimony

  • ASSESSMENTS

    • Tele & video assessments

    • Regular clinic-based assessments Dublin, Cork, Galway & Sligo

    • Full nationwide home assessment service

    • Assessments conducted internationally

39 Dalysfort Road · Salthill · Galway · H91 Y2OD


Gwen Malone Stenography Company

The Law Library, Distillery Building, 145-151 Church Street, Dublin 7
DX: 1071 Dublin

  • Telephone: 01 878 2000

  • Fax: 01 878 2058

  • Mobile: 087 249 1316

  • Email: gmalone@gmss.ie

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