The Elliott Duffy Garrett dispute resolution and litigation team holds extensive experience with commercial, liability, and banking disputes. The ’meticulous’ Christopher Duffy leads the practice with strong experience in commercial litigation, injunctions, and employer’s liability. Marie-Louise Lowry - ‘extremely commercial and easy to deal with’ - often assists clients with contentious procurement, energy, and licensing matters. Associate Claire Martin specialises in banking litigation, including debt recovery and insolvency, while associate Keara Powell acts on disputes concerning insolvency and commercial law.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘All our interactions remotely and in person at the offices were professional and of a high standard. At no point did we encounter anyone working in the team that did not provide us with a high level of care and management. ’

  • ‘Both Keara Powell and Christopher Duffy provided us with expert, excellent legal advice and guided us through a very difficult period in our lives. Their advice and guidance was invaluable in reaching a successful outcome in our case.’

  • ‘Marie Louise-Lowry is very well regarded and is a force to be reckoned with.'

  • 'Christoper Duffy is a meticulous lawyer whose preparation and understanding of a case is second to none. He is very focused on delivering the best outcome for his client ’
  • ‘Christopher Duffy has significant experience in the conduct of complex high value, and multi-party actions across the full spectrum of commercial litigation. His professionalism and hard work in the service of his clients is without parallel.'

  • 'Marie Louise Lowry is extremely commercial and easy to deal with’
  • ‘Well respected, experienced, diligent, sophisticated, adept at complex cases.’

Key clients

  • Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman
  • Northern Bank t/a Danske
  • Choice Housing Ireland Limited
  • SEUPB
  • Trinity Mirror Plc
  • Tennent’s (NI) Limited
  • Ebrington Leisure Holdings Limited
  • Andras House Group
  • Connswater Credit Limited
  • Premium Credit Limited

Lawyers

Leading partners
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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Christopher Duffy

Other key lawyers

Marie-Louise Lowry, Claire Martin, Keara Powell