Barrister Profile

Main Areas of Practice

Administrative Law or Judicial Review
Coroners or Inquests
Human Rights
Personal Injury

Biography

Mrs Gallagher’s specialist areas of practice include Judicial Review, Coronial Law, Personal Injury Law and Medical Negligence. Mrs Gallagher represents applicants and third-party interveners in judicial review proceedings. She is experienced in personal injury claims and clinical negligence on behalf of plaintiffs. She also represents the next-of-kin at inquests. Mrs Gallagher’s practice has included appearances before the Court of Appeal, High Court, County Court and Coroners’ Court. She has a particular interest in human rights, climate justice and environmental law.

Represented Northern Ireland at the International Mediation Competition in Chicago, USA in 2011.

Member of the Bar Library’s Pro Bono Committee and Charity Committee since 2014.

Qualifications

2016; Called to the Bar of Ireland

2013; ADRg and International Academy of Dispute Resolution Dual Accreditation with the USA

2012; ADRg and International Academy of Dispute Resolution Accredited Civil and Commercial Mediator

2011; Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Legal Studies, Institute of Professional Legal Studies, Queen’s University Belfast

2009; LLM Human Rights and Criminal Justice, Queen’s University Belfast cross-border with the National University of Ireland Galway

2008; LLB Law with Criminology, University of Ulster, Jordanstown