About Mary Smith
Mary specialises in construction and professional liability disputes, acting for all stakeholders including private clients, professionals, Irish and UK insurers and Lloyd’s syndicates. Recommended in Legal 500 EMEA 2019 for Construction, she regularly acts for professionals (architects, engineers, assigned certifiers, solicitors, financial advisors, estate agents, surveyors and their insurers in a broad range of claims. Mary also provides coverage advice to insurers on policy response issues, has considerable experience in claims investigation and liaising with both Insurers and the Insured on cost-effective claims management.
Mary has significant experience in other forms of dispute resolution, including without prejudice negotiations, conciliation, mediation and arbitration.
Mary is a Certified Insurance Practitioner (CIP) and is currently a member of both the Council of the Insurance Institute of Dublin 2016-2020 and the National Council of the Insurance Institute of Ireland (2016-2020). She was also awarded the LLMIT qualification (Lloyd’s & London Market Insurance Exam) and the Professional Certificate in Commercial and Personal Insurance (APA) qualification.