Aoife Skehan is a Senior Associate Solicitor in our litigation department and joined the firm in 2008 having completed her training and worked with a large Dublin-based practice.
Aoife specialises in insurance litigation, defence personal injuries litigation, professional indemnity defence litigation, commercial litigation and alternative dispute resolution. She has experience in dealing with a large number of road traffic claims for some of the largest insurers in Ireland and advises clients on public liability and occupier’s liability claims.
Aoife is an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and has extensive experience in acting on behalf of both insurance companies and private clients in arbitrations.
Aoife acts for a wide range of clients including a local authority, international and domestic insurance companies, companies and private clients.
- Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)
- Member of the British Irish Commercial Bar Association
- National University of Ireland Galway, B.Corp.Law, LLB
- University College Cork, LLM
- Admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales
- Admitted to the Law Society of Ireland
Harry Fehily is Holmes O’Malley Sexton’s managing partner has noted experience of professional negligence claims and insurance defence, where he represents both insurers and professional bodies. He regularly acts on financial lines claims.
“Harry Fehily is Holmes O’Malley Sexton’s managing partner and has noted experience of professional negligence claims and insurance defence, where he represents both insurers and professional bodies. He regularly acts on financial lines claims.”
Harry Fehily is the managing partner of Holmes O’Malley Sexton. He boasts particular experience handling disputes related to professional negligence claims, often within the construction sector. He wins praise from market commentators for his strength in this field and is noted as “a practical lawyer” with “a very good mind.”
At Holmes O'Malley Sexton, Limerick-based head of practice Robert Kennedy focuses on defending personal injury claims with a particular emphasis on catastrophic injury cases. The team is also active in the PI space.
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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