Expert Advocacy.
Modern Technology.
Positive Outcomes.
Combining international-grade advocacy with cutting edge technology to provide litigation and dispute resolution services across a range of practice areas since 2002.
Modern Technology
professional services
litigation
Internationally accredited advocate with extensive experience in non-jury and jury trials.
dispute resolution
ADR practitioner with extensive experience in arbitration, mediation, and negotiation.
legal advice
Straightforward, straight-talking, and strategic advice to enforce your legal rights.
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Challenging forensic evidence in court
Judges and juries can literally be ‘blinded by science’ when listening to forensic evidence at trial. Here’s how to debunk the CSI Myth.
The Art of Advocacy
At law school you learn the law, which is a tool and not a skill. Advocacy is a barrister’s core skill, and it’s an art that is often undervalued or ignored.
Adjudication under the Construction Contracts Act 2013
Adjudication is becoming increasingly popular as a means of resolving construction payment disputes in Ireland. What is it and when is it appropriate as a dispute resolution mechanism?
Artificial Intelligence & Criminal Justice
What happens when artificial intelligence meets the criminal justice system? Made for each other, or car crash TV? Here are my views (podcast).
How (Not) To Address a Judge
Some offbeat examples of unusual ways to address a judge in court (with varying degrees of success)!
hello, I’m gerard groarke.
I qualified as a barrister in 2000 and since 2002 have been in private practice in Ireland, working on behalf of a range of individual and corporate clients.
I have a broad practice encompassing everything from commercial property disputes to murder trials. My interest lies in adversarial work (I am an Internationally Accredited Advanced Advocacy Instructor) rather than in any specific field of law. You can read more about my Litigation & ADR work and my teaching of Advanced Advocacy here.
My office uses a range of modern technology to provide legal advice and court documents quickly and efficiently. The legal profession is not known for its embrace of technology and I have achieved a number of ‘firsts’ in technology adoption at the Irish Bar. You can read more about the technology I use here.
In a voluntary capacity I have assisted the Bar Council of Ireland with GDPR Compliance, with Advanced Advocacy training, and with a number of Continuing Professional Development presentations aimed at improving technology competence within the Bar of Ireland. You can learn more about my voluntary work and other interests on my LinkedIn page.
