Fergal McGoldrick
About
Provided by Fergal McGoldrick
Practice Areas
Fergal is a Senior Associate in the Media, Communications & Reputation, and Litigation & Dispute Resolution teams, specialising in media and communications, commercial litigation, and public and administrative law.
Career
Fergal acts for leading national and regional news groups in the defence of libel, privacy and data actions, and pre-publication injunction applications. He also acts for various corporates and business figures in managing and protecting reputations. Outside defamation and privacy, Fergal maintains a significant public law practice. He has acted in cases heard in all levels of the judicial system, including before the Supreme Court.
Professional Memberships
Law Society of Northern Ireland.
Personal
Qualifying as a Solicitor with commendation and awarded the Mills Selig Prize, Fergal joined Carson McDowell as a Solicitor from another specialist media law practice in 2015, and was promoted to Associate in 2018.
Fergal graduated with a degree in Law and Marketing in 2007 where he was awarded the Sweet & Maxwell University Law Prize, before completing an LLM in Human Rights Law and a Master’s degree in Business Studies.
Chambers Review
UK
Fergal McGoldrick is well regarded for his considerable expertise in advising clients in the media industry on a wide range of matters relating to libel, privacy and data protection. He acts for local and national media companies.
Fergal McGoldrick is an associate at Carson McDowell specialising in public and administrative law. He has particular expertise in judicial review challenges and advisory work arising from the criminal justice sphere.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"I am very pleased with the service provided by Fergal. He knows our business intimately and is particularly good at assessing the potentially adverse implications of the decisions we make."
"He is always responsive and very easy to deal with."
"Fergal is an astute, professional lawyer who provides pragmatic and commercial advice."
"He is diligent in his approach and attentive to the client's needs."
"Fergal McGoldrick is very thorough and demonstrates expertise in his field. His advice is always worth listening to."
"Fergal was fantastic to deal with, very reassuring in how he dealt with his client, and his breadth of knowledge was evident to see."
"I am very pleased with the service provided by Fergal. He knows our business intimately and is particularly good at assessing the potentially adverse implications of the decisions we make."
"He is always responsive and very easy to deal with."
"Fergal is an astute, professional lawyer who provides pragmatic and commercial advice."
"He is diligent in his approach and attentive to the client's needs."
"Fergal McGoldrick is very thorough and demonstrates expertise in his field. His advice is always worth listening to."
"Fergal was fantastic to deal with, very reassuring in how he dealt with his client, and his breadth of knowledge was evident to see."
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