Robert Kennedy is a Partner in the litigation department and joined the firm in 1994.
He specialises in defence litigation in the Circuit and Superior Courts. He has extensive experience acting for solicitors, engineers, architects and insurance brokers in professional negligence claims. Robert also has specialist expertise defending employer’s liability, public liability and motor claims. He also advises clients on claims involving insurance law, international business law and legal issues related to employment of non-resident workers, in addition to court practice and procedure. Robert has acted in the defence of many catastrophic brain and serious injury claims for various insurers.
Robert offers legal advice to a diverse group of local, national and international clients that operate within highly diverse business sectors ranging from local authorities to multinational corporations and international insurers.
- Robert is a frequent lecturer at the Law Society of Ireland.
- He also gives presentations on Health and Safety & Welfare at Work.
- Current President of Limerick Solicitors Bar Association.
- University College Cork, BComm
- 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.
Winner of Best Employer: Talent Development and Workplace Wellness Award 2017
Holmes O’Malley Sexton’s sizeable claims team includes Harry Fehily, who ‘provides strong advice on complex professional indemnity matters’, ‘excellent defence litigator’ Robert Kennedy, and personal injury specialist Tríona Walsh.
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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