Brian Gill
Head of Commercial Litigation

Phone: 071 916 2032
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Practice Areas: Employment Law & Commercial Litigation

Brian heads up the firm’s Commercial Litigation Department. He has years of invaluable experience in both the private and state litigation, having trained in A & L Goodbody Solicitors and practised as a Litigation Solicitor for 5 years in the Office of the Chief State Solicitor.

A native of Sligo, Brian headed back west in 2006 and joined the now Callan Tansey Solicitors in Sligo. Brian and his team in the Commercial Litigation Department handle High Court and Commercial Court Litigation advising Private and Corporate clients across a range of contentious matters such as Commercial Contract disputes and Professional Negligence actions and continue to build a reputation as sought after specialists in the areas of Employment Law and Defamation .

In 2007, Brian acted for the plaintiff in a High Court defamation case which resulted in the highest ever jury award in Ireland for slander.

Latest News & Insights

High Court Rules Against Student Who Challenged Amended Leaving Certificate Grading System

After a protracted case that involved 5 weeks of Court time over a two-month period, Freddy Sherry, a past pupil of Belvedere College Dublin has lost his High Court legal action to have the revised Calculated Grades system that was applied to his Leaving Certificate results of 2020 deemed unlawful.

Brian Gill on Today FM: What Will Record High Leaving Cert Results Mean For Course Points?

This year's Leaving Cert students have received the best results on record, with average grade inflation of 4.4% after the calculated grading system was used.

Leaving Cert 2020: The Leaving Cert …. but not as we know it

For the first time in the history of the State, students did not sit their Leaving Cert in June in the traditional format. Instead a new system of “calculated grades” was devised.

Inquest into death of Mayo quarry worker adjourned

The inquest into the death of a man, following a workplace accident in Mayo, has been adjourned, after the company owner failed to turn up for scheduled proceedings today.