Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC to speak at NE event
Law Society Professional Training will hold its annual update for solicitors in the north-east later this week.
The event takes place on Friday 16 October in the Hillgrove Hotel Leisure & Spa, Old Armagh Road, Monaghan, H18 RK15 (9am to 5.30pm).
Attendance will yield a total of seven CPD hours – three general, two for professional development and solicitor wellbeing, and two for client care and professional standards.
The conference will give practitioners an opportunity to update their knowledge in areas of law relevant to general practice, with insights from experienced practitioners and expert speakers.
EPA best practice
There will also be an opportunity to network with colleagues over lunch and a drinks reception.
Topics to be covered include:
- Combined Building Agreement/Contract for Sale 2026,
- Building disputes,
- EPA (enduring power of attorney) best practice and the Fair Deal scheme,
- Advising clients in garda custody,
- AML updates,
- Law Society Solicitor Services,
- Criminal legal aid,
- Online probate applications through the Courts Portal.
Conor MacGuill (principal, Conor MacGuill Solicitors) will chair the conference.
The speakers include:
- Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC,
- Bernard Gogarty (partner, Smyth & Son Solicitors),
- Joe Thomas (partner, ORT LAW LLP),
- Áine Hynes SC (founding partner, St John Solicitors LLP),
- Niamh Kelly (senior solicitor, Michael J Staines & Company),
- Ciara McQuillan (solicitor, Law Society),
- Eleanor Lindsay (Fagan Killeen Solicitors),
- Anne Heenan (probate officer, Courts Service),
- Mark Garrett (Director General, Law Society), and
- Rosemarie Loftus (President, Law Society).