Peter KearneyManaging Partner
Peter heads up the firm’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution department and has also served as the firm’s Managing Partner since 2020.
His main areas of practice are commercial litigation and insolvency. He has experience of dealing with civil and commercial disputes across a broad range of industries, sectors and client profiles. He typically advises our clients in dealing with shareholder agreements, construction disputes, professional negligence, contentious employment matters and regulatory compliance. He has successfully represented Irish and international clients in a host of business disputes before the Irish courts.
Although he has been the head of our Litigation team since 2014, Peter also spent time working as a property lawyer post-qualification in 2010 and has particular expertise and experience in dealing with contentious property and planning matters as a result. Peter similarly advises our commercial clients on the application of Landlord & Tenant Law in the context of Court proceedings.
Peter is a member of the Dublin Solicitors Bar Association and the Irish Construction Bar Association.
Some of Peter’s recent work highlights include:
- Commercial Court proceedings taken by the Irish Official Assignee in Bankruptcy appointed on foot of a petition brought by the victims of the Omagh bombing (Larkin v Murphy and others; 2020/4922P);
- Appearing on behalf of Basketball Ireland before the South East Commission (formerly the Hickson Commission of Inquiry) (September 2023 – ongoing);
- Appearing in November 2023 on behalf of the Developer/Notice Party to an application seeking judicial review of a Grant of Planning Permission authorising the construction of 131 apartments under the Strategic Housing Development (SHD) process (Stapleton v An Bord Pleanala and others; 2022/157JR);
- Acting for the GAA in defending High Court proceedings relating to a commercial contract for IT services (Acorn Wave Ltd v Ó Riain; 2021/4517P);
- Advising the Court Appointed Administrator of a probate estate on challenging the proper interpretation and application of a Life Insurance Policy (Keane v Irish Life Assurance PLC; 2020/7951P);
- Acting for the White Hotel Group in Commercial Court proceedings between co-owners of a chain of Irish hotels and tour operators (White Hotel Group and Whites & Associated Hotels v White Tours Ireland (International Ltd) and others; 2021/4655P).
- Advising a Dental practitioner in an appeal to the Tax Appeals Commission against income tax assessed against associates of the business who were deemed to be employees (June 2023).
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Contact: pkearney@reddycharlton.ie