Neil Cahill

Director, Fieldfisher

Neil has acted for both insurers and companies in commercial litigation matters in respect of damage to their property on foot of negligence, breach of contract and statutory schemes. He has expertise in dealing with large business interruption claims for clients in many sectors including renewable energy and technology.

He has acted for companies and shareholders in respect of minority oppression claims and large asset recovery claims with a multi-jurisdictional element.

Neil specialises in insurance litigation acting for both major insurers and self-insured's in defending personal injury claims. He has significant experience in acting in catastrophic injury cases representing clients in claims arising from road traffic accidents, employer's liability, public liability, product liability and travel and cross-border claims. He has experience of dealing with periodical payment orders and the arbitration of disputes on policy cover.

He is admitted to the roll of solicitors in for both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.

Contributed to

2 Other work

Ireland—Enforcement of foreign judgments in Ireland

This Practice Note looks at the principal options for enforcement of foreign civil and commercial judgements in Ireland. It considers the EU framework for the enforcement of judgments under Regulation (EU) 1215/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2012 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters (recast) (Brussels I Recast), the Convention on Jurisdiction and the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters signed at Lugano on 30 October 2007 (the Lugano Convention 2007), the Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements concluded on 30 June 2005 (2005 Hague Convention), and other EU procedures as well as the common law provisions relating to the enforcement of foreign judgments.

Ireland - Dispute Resolution

Ireland—Enforcement of judgments in Ireland (domestic and cross-border considerations)

This Practice Note sets out the most common methods and procedures which a claimant can utilise in order to enforce a judgment which they have obtained against a debtor from an Irish court. It considers enforcement of domestic judgments, practical steps and potential challenges, enforcement of foreign judgments and enforcing an Irish judgment in the UK post-Brexit.

Ireland - Dispute Resolution