Gerald Byrne

Partner, Philip Lee

Gerald has extensive commercial litigation experience dealing with large-scale, complex, and multi-jurisdictional disputes. He has worked on a variety of litigation, regulatory and arbitration matters in Ireland, the UK, Switzerland, Austria, the BVI, and Grand Cayman.

In addition to general commercial and contractual disputes, Gerald has broad experience in financial services, construction and defamation disputes.

Gerald is recommended for his dispute resolution work in the most recent edition of The Legal 500.

Prior to joining Philip Lee, Gerald worked in the London office of a major global law firm. He consistently delivers commercially practical advice on available causes of action, merits of claims and liability, costs and case strategy at both the pre-action stage and during the litigation and regulatory processes.

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Ireland—Defamation law—an overview of the

This Practice Note provides an overview of the Defamation Act 2009 (Ireland). It considers the elements of the tort of defamation. It introduces the defences to a claim for defamation, the offer of amends procedures, reliefs available under the DA 2009 (IRL). It also examines the proposed reforms of the DA 2009 (IRL).

Ireland - Dispute Resolution