Hugh A Carty BCL
email: hughcarty@kentcarty.com
Hugh Carty qualified as a solicitor in 1975, and the following year established Kent Carty Solicitors with his brother John. He is currently Managing Partner and specalises in Company Law, Litigation, Insurance, Professional and Medical Negligence, Defamation, Personal Injury and Mediation.
He received a BCL in 1968 from UCD and qualified as a barrister in 1970. He worked in Marketing and administration in industry between 1970 and 1972
Hugh is also a CEDR (Centre for Effective Dispuite Resolution) Accredited Mediator.
John P Carty BCL
email: johncarty@kentcarty.com
John Carty graduated from UCD where he was awarded a Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL). He qualified as a Solicitor in 1972 and co-founded Kent Carty Solicitors with his brother Hugh in 1976.
He has practiced extensively in all areas of law but principally in the areas of Commercial and Residential Property, Commercial Litigation, Medical and Professional Negligence and Personal Injury claims arising from road traffic accidents and accidents at work. He works extensively with clients to ensure cases are dealt with in the most efficient and cost effective manner.
John is a CEDR Accredited Mediator and a strong advocate of Mediation as a form of Alternative Dispute Resolution.
Gavan Carty LLB Dip Arb
email: gavancarty@kentcarty.com
Gavan Carty is an Honours Law Graduate from Trinity College in Dublin. He heads up the Commercial Law Department in Kent Carty, Solicitors and specialises in Insurance Law – particularly Financial Lines and Professional Indemnity, Commercial Property and Alternative Dispute Resolution.
He has been a Partner in the firm since 1999 and prior to that had also worked in a legal practice in France and with the European Commission in Brussels.
He has a particular interest in alternative dispute resolution and holds a Diploma in Arbitration from UCD and is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
Gavan is also a CEDR accredited Mediator and a firm advocate of Mediation as an alternative and cost efficient method of dispute resolution.
Shane Carty BA Dip Arb
email: shanecarty@kentcarty.com
Shane Carty is a Solicitor specialising in Alternative Dispute Resolution, Arbitration, Employment, Personal Injury, Litigation, Residential Property.
Shane joined Kent Carty in 1999.
Shane is a graduate of UCD and qualified as a Solicitor in 2002. He also holds a Diploma in Arbitration from UCD.
Shane is an accredited Mediator.
Jim O'Higgins BCL LLB DIP EU Law
email: jimohiggins@kentcarty.com
Jim O'Higgins is a Consultant to the Firm with expertise in many different areas, now practicing primarily in the areas of Conveyancing, Land Law, Probate, Estate Planning and Family Law.
Jim joined Kent Carty in 2003.
He received a BCL degree from UCD and holds an LLB Degree and a Diploma in European Law. Jim qualified as a Solicitor in 1967.
He is also a CEDR Accredited Mediator.
Emmet Carty BA BL Dip Human Rights
email: emmetcarty@kentcarty.com
Emmet Carty is a Solicitor specialising in Divorce and Separation Law, Landlord and Tenant Law, Personal Injury, Bullying, Stress, Harassment and Employment Law.
Emmet joined the Firm in 2004, having practiced as a barrister for 7 years.
He graduated from UCD with a degree in Politics and History in 1992. He was called to the Bar in July 1997 having graduated from the Kings Inns with the degree of Barrister at Law.
He successfully completed a diploma in European Human Rights law in UCD in 2003.
Emmet is an accredited CEDR Mediator, and a recognised leader in the promotion of Mediation as a non adversarial dispute resolution mechanism. In addition, he is a qualified collaborative lawyer.
Killian Carty LLB
email: killiancarty@kentcarty.com
Killian Carty is an Honours law graduate from the University of Wales. Having completed his traineeship with Kent Carty he was admitted onto the Rolls of Solicitors in 2006, and became a Partner in Kent Carty in 2009.
His principle areas of practice include advising in Property Disputes (including Private and Public Rights of Way, Breach of Covenants in Lease Agreements), Breach of Contract (including Specific Performance of Contacts) , Defamation, Medical and Professional Negligence and Personal Injury claims arising from road traffic accidents and accidents at work.
Killian is also an Accredited Mediator and a strong advocate of Mediation as a form of Alternative Dispute Resolution.
John Kealy BCL LLB
email: johnkealy@kentcarty.com
John Kealy is a Solicitor specialising in Personal Injury, Stress, Bullying and Harassment in the Workplace, General District Court Litigation, Employment Law and Licensing Law.
John joined the Firm in 2003 and qualified as a Solicitor in 2006.
He graduated from University College Cork in 2001 with a Bachelor in Civil Law degree. He also completed an LLB postgraduate degree in 2002.
John completed a Diploma in Applied Finance Law with the Law Society of Ireland in 2007.
Cormac Carty BCL H DIP Bus St(IT)
email: cormaccarty@kentcarty.com
Cormac is an honours law graduate from UCD and qualified as a Solicitor in 2006 after completing his traineeship with Kent Carty. Cormac spent 3 years working in the Banking and Financial Services Group of Matheson Ormsby Prentice solicitors until he re-joined Kent Carty in October 2009. Cormac has considerable experience in advising both lenders and borrowers on all aspects of Irish Banking Law with particular reference to Property Finance, Acquisition Finance, Project and Construction Finance and general Corporate Finance.
He has worked on transactions such as the 2007 acquisition by British Private-Equity house CapVest Limited of a stake in Mater Private Healthcare, the 2007/2008 Bank of Scotland funding with Manor Park Homebuilders Limited and the 2009 PPP Schools Project on behalf of Bank of Ireland, and continues to work in related areas.
Cormac is also significantly experienced in the following areas of law: Company and Commercial law, Commercial Litigation and Commercial Conveyancing.
Cormac also holds an honours post graduate Higher Diploma in Business Studies and Information Technology from the Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School.
Cormac is an accredited Mediator.