Focused and effective advice and representation on defamation and privacy law.
Our specialist solicitors provide advice and representation to clients in defamation and privacy actions.
We successfully advise and represent individuals and corporates who are the subject of inaccurate media coverage which has resulted in harm to the individual or corporates.
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- Good name and reputation management for individuals, companies and organisations
- Advice upon constitutional rights including good name and reputation in defamation cases and a right to a fair trial in contempt proceedings
- Contempt
- Privacy law upon media intrusion
- Credit reputation and defamation action management.
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Holmes O'Malley Sexton regularly acts for Limerick public sector entities such as Limerick University and also has expertise in the regulatory sphere. Practice head Harry Fehily is acting for the Irish Greyhound Board in respect of the first successful prosecution under section 20 of the Welfare of Greyhounds Act 2011.
Holmes O'Malley Sexton is well known in the insurance defence sector, where practice head Robert Kennedy and Harry Fehily provide ‘an excellent turnaround service’. Fehily was also active in a number of defamation claims. Donal Creaton has ‘excellent knowledge of the courts process’. All named partners are based in Limerick.
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"They know their subject area very well, have good technical expertise and a commercial approach to settlements." "It is an excellent service because they are multi-disciplined and have specialists in all the areas." Multiple clients describe the team's service as "absolutely competitive," with one source explaining: "They represent very good value for money."
Holmes O’Malley Sexton’s ‘very strong team of litigators’ includes Harry Fehily, whose 2016 caseload included trade mark litigation and various judicial reviews. Practice head Robert Kennedy and Donal Creaton focus on defending insurance claims.
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