Mr Michael Kelly

Solicitor, Hayes Solicitors

Michael is a partner in the Commercial & Business team at Hayes solicitors LLP. He specialises in commercial litigation and dispute resolution and insolvency and restructuring. Michael has acted for a wide variety of State bodies, financial institutions, and private entities in a variety of complex commercial disputes, enforcement and recovery actions and personal injuries litigation. These disputes are generally progressed through the High Court or Commercial Court. Michael has acted for liquidators, examiners, receivers and process advisors in complex insolvency and restructuring matters.

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Ireland—Factual evidence in Irish civil litigation

Practice Notes

This Practice Note provides an overview of the rules in relation to factual evidence in a civil action in the Irish courts. It covers relevancy and admissibility of factual evidence, gathering factual evidence, disclosing factual evidence to other parties, privilege, placing and presenting factual evidence before the court.

Ireland - Dispute Resolution

Ireland—Incidental applications in civil proceedings

Practice Notes

This Practice Note provides an overview of the procedure for incidental applications which may arise during the course of civil proceedings, including adding, substituting or removing a party, third party procedure, amending pleadings and the joinder of claims.

Ireland - Dispute Resolution

Ireland—Starting a civil action

Practice Notes

This Practice Note provides information on which court to issue a civil claim in, depending on the value of the claim and other factors, including whether claims should be started in the High Court, Circuit Court or District Court. It also looks at what type of claims the specialist courts deal with and provides information on any guidelines that need to be adhered to when commencing proceedings in the courts in personal injuries, medical negligence and defamation claims.

Ireland - Dispute Resolution