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- Provided
Biography
Gerard is a junior counsel with over 20 years experience, practising predominantly in Dublin and on the Midland Circuit.
He has a broad practice covering:
- criminal defence;
- tort and personal injury;
- general common law (contracts, property, employment);
- probate (wills, powers of attorney); and
- equity (injunctions, specific performance).
An experienced courtroom advocate, Gerard is often asked to provide expert tuition in courtroom advocacy to colleagues in Ireland and internationally. He is a member of the Bar Council Faculty of Advanced Advocacy.
In a voluntary capaity Gerard has served the Bar Council as a Circuit Liaison Officer (2014-2017), as a member of the GDPR Steering Group (2017-2018), as a representative at an EU Council Meeting in Brussels (2019), and as an instructor in Advanced Advocacy (2018-date).
Recent Cases & Legal Work
The nature of Gerard’s civil practice is such that most cases settle and are thus not reported and most of his criminal practice is circuit-based and again reported judgments are not available.
Contact Form
Contact
- Phone
- 01-817 5632
- gerard.groarke@lawlibrary.ie
- Address
- Law Library Four Courts Dublin 7
- DX
- 814096
- @Gerard Groarke