Cormac Fitzpatrick
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Band 2 : Personal Injury: Mainly Defendant
Band 2
About
Provided by Cormac Fitzpatrick
Career
Cormac heads the catastrophic injury and large loss services on offer within Northern Ireland. A partner at our Belfast and Derry branch, Cormac has specialised in insurance referred litigation and associated work since 1990.
His expertise has led him to act on many cases covering a broad range of areas. These include road traffic accidents, employers’ liability and public liability, professional negligence, fire damage recovery, fraud, subsidence, assault, trespass to the person, litigation involving complex clinical issues, catastrophic injury litigation and substantial damages recovery actions.
Cormac advises insurance clients on complex policy indemnity issues, first-party fraud (property and motor) as well as third party fraud. He also advises on health and safety legislation/investigations.
Cormac is a member of the Law Society Northern Ireland Contentious Business Committee (LSNICBC) and is an appointee to both the Queens’ Bench Liaison Committee (QBLC) in 1998 and the Queen’s Bench Masters’ Liaison Committee (CBMLC) in 2001. He also regularly lectures for the Belfast Solicitor’s Association (BSA) and the NI Law Society (NILS) at CPD events.