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CONOR LEONARD

Year of Call: 2020

Main Areas of Practice

Administrative Law or Judicial Review
Commercial Law
Criminal Law
Personal Injury

Biography

Conor was called to the Bar in 2020.

Conor is regularly instructed in the County Court and the High Court on behalf of both Plaintiffs and Defendants across the full spectrum of civil and commercial proceedings including personal injury, medical negligence, breach of contract, data breaches, insolvency and debt proceedings.

Conor has a particular interest in public law and has appeared on behalf of Applicants in judicial review proceedings relating to constitutional law, planning law, parole law and education law.

Conor also appears in regulatory proceedings before Tribunals including the General Dental Council and the Nursing and Midwifery Council. He also represents Defendants in the Magistrates’ Court and the Crown Court.

Qualifications

2020; Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Legal Studies, Institute of Professional Legal Studies.

• 2020 - Inn of Court prize, The Honourable Society of the Inn of Court of Northern Ireland

• 2020 - Represented the IPLS as a finalist in the 2020 INADR Mediation Tournament in Chicago, USA

2019; LL.M International Business Law, Queen’s University Belfast.

2017; LL.B Law, Newcastle University.

• 2017 - Thompson’s prize for Tort Law