Dac Beachcroft

DAC Beachcroft partner Joanne Finn and senior associate Elaine Davis consider imminent and significant changes to the Irish competition law regime. The Competition (Amendment) Act 2022 was signed into law on 29 June 2022, with the majority of its provisions commencing on 27 September 2023.

International law firm DAC Beachcroft (DACB) has welcomed complex injury claims specialist Andrew Burke as a partner in its claims solution group (CSG) practice in Belfast. Mr Burke has been a solicitor at Murphy & O'Rawe since 2000 and was made partner in 2008. Prior to this he was a barrister

International law firm DAC Beachcroft has reappointed partner Sean McGahan as the location head of its Belfast office. Mr McGahan, who has led the firm's Belfast office since its inception in 2019, began serving a second three-year term from 1 February 2023.

International law firm DAC Beachcroft has announced a small increase in its turnover to £280 million (€331 million) while profit before tax fell by seven per cent to £62 million (€73 million). Profit per member was around £652,000 (€771,600), down from £700,000

International law firm DAC Beachcroft (DACB) has announced the appointment of three new partners in its Dublin office. David Kennedy and Louise O'Reilly have been promoted to partner in the firm's insurance litigation team, while Brian Ormond has been made a partner in the regulatory and commercial

Alison Cassidy, partner at DAC Beachcroft in Belfast, comments on Northern Ireland's low personal injury discount rate. It has been over five months since the Department of Justice made a shock announcement to change the personal injury discount rate (PIDR) from +2.5 per cent to -1.75 per cent, leav

International law firm DAC Beachcroft, with offices in Dublin and Belfast, has reported an increase in profits by nearly a fifth to reach £67 million. The firm today announced its provisional, unaudited results for the year ending 30 April 2021, with turnover up by seven per cent to £275 million.

International law firm DAC Beachcroft has announced the promotion of Catriona McCorry to partner in the firm's Belfast office. The move forms part of a global round involving the appointment of 16 new partners, seven new legal directors, 30 new senior associates and eight new associates.

Lisa Broderick, location head of DAC Beachcroft in Dublin, has been elected to the firm's LLP Group Board. Ms Broderick joins Bristol-based partner Marcus Campbell as a member of the firm's senior governing body for the next three years.

Commercial litigation partner Lisa Broderick has been re-elected unopposed to serve a second three-year term as the location head for DAC Beachcroft's Dublin office. Ms Broderick, who has been at the firm since 2010, is an experienced litigator who advises clients including financial services busine

International law firm DAC Beachcroft (DACB) has rolled out a series of animations explaining the insurance claims litigation process to clients in Northern Ireland. The short animations, each lasting 60-90 seconds, discuss the key stages that a litigated insurance claim can pass through from start

International law firm DAC Beachcroft (DACB) is automating the identification and verification part of its new client acceptance process through the use of an app. The new app is being piloted in the firm's eight offices in England and Wales but will subsequently be rolled out to its offices across

International law firm DAC Beachcroft has announced the appointment of Ronan McLoughlin as a real estate parter in Dublin. The appointment, the first at a partner level this year, brings the firm's partner count in Dublin to 11, following three partner appointments in its 10th anniversary year in 20

International law firm DAC Beachcroft has announced the appointment of five insurance partners in Belfast, all joining from rival firm BLM. The appointment of Peter Campbell, Fintan Canavan, Alison Cassidy, Paul McAllister and Aine Tyrell significantly increases the firm's footprint in Northern Irel

International law firm DAC Beachcroft, which recently celebrated 10 years in Dublin, saw its pre-tax profits grow by seven per cent to £56 million in the 2019/20 financial year. Profit per member grew three per cent to around £590,000, maintaining the "above £500k" benchmark for th