Commercial Law
Company Law
Land Law
Professional Negligence
Prior to my call to the Bar, I was a commercial property solicitor in a leading Belfast solicitors firm. I appear in the Chancery and Commercial Court in a broad range of commercial matters, with a particular emphasis on property litigation. I represent the solicitors’ insurers in professional negligence claims. I regularly appear in the Lands Tribunal in relation to disputes under the Business Tenancies (NI) Order 1996.
2000;LLB Queen’s University of Belfast
2001;MSc Queen’s University of Belfast
2009;Called to the Bar of Northern Ireland
Herbert Smith Freehills v Fitzwilliam Trustees BT/36/2021 – Assumptions and disregards on lease renewal under the Business Tenancies (NI) Order 1996
Corey v Belfast Harbour Commissioners BT/65/2019 – Lease/licence dispute
Shoe Zone Retail Ltd v Glenbeigh Ltd BT/10/2019 – Validity of tenancy applications under the Business Tenancies (NI) Order 1996
Car Park Services v Bywater Capital [2018] NICA 22 – Lease/licence dispute.
Northern Ireland Renewables v Carey [2016] NICA 30 – Validity of option agreement and the need for reservation of rent under a lease
Bank of Ireland v McLaughlin [2015] NIQB 85 – Guarantee enforcement against borrower.
Dunnes Stores (Bangor) Ltd v New River [2015] NICh 7 – defending injunction proceedings seeking to prevent a shopping centre redevelopment.
Crockagarran Wind Farm v McCrory [2012] NI Ch 30 – easement dispute relating to rights serving a wind farm