Ciarán Leavy

Ciarán Leavy is a Partner and Head of Litigation & Dispute Resolution at Lavelle Partners.

He has considerable experience advising on a wide range of commercial disputes and has acted on behalf of many of the leading financial services providers in Ireland including AIB, Bank of Ireland, KBC and many more.

Ciarán also has extensive experience in shareholder disputes, contractual disputes, insurance disputes, property and building disputes, insolvency, professional negligence actions and many high-profile defamation cases.

Ciarán was named Litigation Lawyer of the Year at the Irish Law Awards 2019 and is cited by the Legal 500 500 500 as “top notch”, “extremely astute” and “displays all the characteristics that encompasses a top-class legal professional”.

Key Areas of Expertise

Litigation & Dispute Resolution Professional Negligence Banking & Finance

Acting for Financial Institutions and Venture Capitalist Funds in professional negligence cases, appointment of receivers, data protection disputes and defamation matters.
Acting for companies and individuals in breach of contract/specific performance cases against insurance companies where cover has been rejected and claims unfairly denied;
Acting in a High Court cryptocurrency dispute against Coinbase plc.
Acting in a Commercial Court multi-jurisdictional probate and trust dispute.
Acting for individuals in Plaintiff professional negligence cases against Solicitors, Accountants, Financial Advisors, Engineers, Architects, Surveyors.
Acting for a number of Investors in actions against Financial Advisors arising from the Dolphin Trust investment.
Acting for individuals in actions arising from cyber security breaches.
Acting for large multi-nationals in contractual disputes with Microsoft plc.
Advising clients on GDPR and data breaches.
Acting for individuals in a variety of Plaintiff defamation actions including cases against Tesco, McDonalds and the Marker Hotel.
Acting for individual clients in building disputes, boundary disputes, planning disputes, nuisance actions, trespass and property damage claims.
Acting in contentious probate disputes on behalf of both the Executors of Estates and beneficiaries, including actions under S.117 of the Succession Act, 1965.
Acted for NAMA in injunctive proceedings and proceedings to reverse fraudulent asset transfers.
Acted for a group of high net worth investors in a professional negligence action against a major stockbroking firm.
Acted for the United States Trustee in Bankruptcy in the bankruptcy of David Drumm and successfully obtained an Order in Aid in the High Court allowing the US bankruptcy to be recognised in Ireland. This was the first application of its kind in Ireland.
Acted for a property developer in a high-profile Commercial Court case against ACC Bank Plc. The High Court awarded the developer damages for losses suffered as a result of ACC losing the title deeds to certain properties. This landmark decision created new case law in respect of a mortgagee’s duty of care to a mortgagor.
Acted for an oil and gas exploration company in a high value breach of contract and misrepresentation claim.
Acted for the personal representatives of an estate in injunctive proceedings restraining a party from interfering with the personal representatives in the exercise of their duties as executors of the estate under the Succession Act 1965.
Acted for Fred Muwema, a prominent lawyer in Uganda in High Court defamation proceedings against Facebook – Read More