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Practice Areas: Defamation - the most well known case being for B J Eastwood against the boxer Barry McGuigan, resulting in an award of £450,000. Has acted for a number of international personalities including Britney Spears, Jennifer Lopez, Harrison Ford, Neil Jordan, Omar Amanat, Chris De Burgh, Nicholas Cage and Whitney Houston. Acted for Robert McCartney QC, the former MP for North Down, who was awarded £80,000 in a high profile case against The Irish Times on the eve of the 1997 General Election, and for the actor Liam Neeson against a number of Irish newspapers. Has represented the Irish band The Corrs, Colin Farrell, Keith Duffy and Patrick Kielty and was also involved in multiple defamation actions against UK and US-based internet book distributors, requiring the issue of what is believed to be the largest number of Writs in respect of the publication of one book. Acts for a number of other high profile media, political, public, business and legal personalities and also on the defence side for newspapers (including The Sunday Times) and other publications, in both Belfast and Dublin. Other areas of media practice include copyright and related entertainment work. Intellectual Property - has represented high profile claimants such as Demi Moore and the Estate of the late George Best in relation to various IP issues. Personal injury - has had more than 30 years of experience in acting for a number of major insurance companies in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Professional Negligence - acts for a number of P.I. Insurers in both jurisdictions.

Professional Memberships: Incorporated Law Society of Northern Ireland (1978); Law Society of England and Wales (1993); Law Society of Ireland (1999).