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Government Grants Patents of Precedence for Senior Counsels

The Government recently approved the granting of Patents of Precedence entitling the following barristers and solicitors to use the title Senior Counsel.

Barristers

Solicitors

William Abrahamson

Raymond Bradley

Ray Boland

Geraldine Clarke

Conor Bourke

Nicola Dunleavy

John Byrne

Alison Fanagan

Dermot Cahill

Larry Fenelon

Oisin Collins

Stuart Gilhooly

Ruth Fitzgerald

Damien Keogh

Robert Fitzpatrick

Conor Linehan

Tom Flynn

Rachel Minch

Ted Harding

Geoffrey Shannon

Ronan Lupton

Helen Sheehy

Elizabeth Maguire

Keith Walsh

James McGowan

Barra McGrory

Brian McInerney

Yvonne McNamara

Seamus McNeill

Suzanne Murray

Tom O'Malley

Aillil O'Reilly

Philipp Rahn

Cathy Smith

Fintan Valentine

Andrew Walker

Carsten Zatschler

 

Patents of Precedence are granted under the terms of the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 by the Government, on the advice of the Advisory Committee on the grant of Patents of Precedence. The Advisory Committee consists of the Chief Justice, the President of the Court of Appeal, the President of the High Court, the Attorney General, the Chairperson of the Bar Council, the President of the Law Society, and a lay member of the Legal Services Regulatory Authority nominated by the Minister for Justice.