Family, Criminal, Sexual Assault, Extradition, Immigration, Personal Injury & Defamation Law Firm

Maura Hurley Solicitors

DMG Business Centre
9-13 Blackhall Place
Dublin 7
Ireland

+353 1 7994500

+353 1 7994501

www.maurahurleysolicitors.com

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Law Firm Overview

Maura Hurley Solicitors is a successful full service legal practice offering legal representation and services in the areas of Divorce, Judicial Separation, Custody, Guardianship, Family Mediation, Criminal Defense, Road Traffic Offenses, Criminal Damage, Extradition, European Arrest Warrants, Corporate Crime, Homicide, Sexual Offences, Assault, Drunk Driving, Dangerous Driving, Personal Injury (Plaintiff), Employment Law, Immigration, Asylum, Humanitarian Leave, Citizenship, and Debt Collection.

We provide a comprehensive range of services to the personal and business client with a commitment to the highest standards of integrity, confidentiality and professionalism.

We seek to get to know our clients personally and gain a thorough understanding of their concerns. Our legal advice is practical, confidential and adds value.

Centrally and conveniently located at DMG Business Centre 9-13 Blackhall Place, Dublin 7 we are readily accessible by all forms of transport with easy parking, LUAS and bus services close by. We are situated close to the Criminal Courts of Justice, the Family Law Courts at Dolphin House and Phoenix House at Smithfield, and the Four Courts.

This office provides an agency service for other solicitors in dealing with Family, Civil and Criminal matters involving their clients in the Dublin Courts and clients are immediately advised by this office to return to their own Solicitors when their case has determined.

Maura Hurley, Solicitor, is a Tutor in the Law Society of Ireland, a member of the Criminal Legal Aid Panel Nationwide and a member of the Private Practitioners Scheme (Legal Aid) in Dublin.

Maura Hurley is an Accredited Mediator with Friary Law.

Year this Office was Established: 2005

Languages: English

Areas of Law

Areas of Law Description

The scope of our practice includes:

- Business Law

We have the expertise to be able to advise you on how to set up a business, to protecting your interest in franchise agreements. We can advise you in respect of:

• Shareholders agreements
• Partnership agreements
• Drafting and preparing terms of trading

- Criminal Law

We deal with the following criminal offences:

• Murder, Manslaughter & Assault and Public Order
• Sexual Assault & Rape
• Sexual Offences
• Drugs, possession and supply and related offences
• Public Order, Burglary & Theft and related offences
• Fraud and Organized Crime
• Extradition / European Arrest Warrants
• Road Traffic / Drink Driving Offences
• Judicial Review & Appeals Habeas Corpus
• High Court Bail Applications

- Road Traffic Offences

We provide legal advice in dealing with all areas of road traffic law, including drunk driving, dangerous driving, and commercial traffic offences. Our aim is not only to defend motoring prosecutions but also to minimize the severity financial penalties and periods of disqualification. We provide legal advice in the areas of speeding, no insurance, tax etc.

- Family Law

We can help and advise you in all aspects of family law, including:

• Divorce or civil partnership dissolution
• Children – arrangements for where your child should live, how often they see each parent and for child support
• Unmarried couples
• Domestic abuse
• Financial settlements on divorce - options and ways to protect assets
• International divorce or children related issues
• Pensions on divorce
• Separation agreements
• Wealth and asset protection - cohabitation contracts

- Debt Collection

Our debt collection service covers every aspect of the legal process, from meeting with clients, taking instructions, issuing proceedings in the District, Circuit and High Courts, dealing with defended cases in all courts, enforcement of all judgment methods, including registration of judgment mortgages, bankruptcy and order for sale proceedings, updating clients and advising on effective debt management.

- Defamation and Privacy

We act for individuals and corporates who are the subject of inaccurate media coverage which has resulted in harm to the individual or corporates. We successfully advise and represent our clients in the following areas:

• Good name and reputation management for individuals, companies and organizations
• Advice upon constitutional rights including good name and reputation in defamation cases and a right to a fair trial in contempt proceedings
• Contempt
• Privacy law upon media intrusion

- Employment Law

Our firm advises on all aspects of the employment relationship from recruitment and selection through to termination of employment. The employment law work carried out by Maura Hurley Solicitors includes:-

• Advising on recruitment, application, interview and selection processes
• Drafting employment contracts, consultancy agreements, staff booklets and workplace policies and procedures
• Advising on employment law legislation on a day to day basis; areas include, health and safety, equality, industrial relations, bullying and harassment, leave entitlements, notice periods, fixed term and part time workers
• Guiding clients through grievance, disciplinary and investigative processes
• Advising on termination of employment, including unfair dismissals, severance agreements and redundancy
• Representation at tribunals
• Advising on employment law aspects of corporate transactions, including employment due diligence, warranties and disclosures and the requirements of The European Communities (Protection of Employees on Transfer of Undertakings) Regulations 2003

- Extradition Warrants and European Arrest Warrants

We have considerable experience in assisting foreign nationals who face Extradition proceedings throughout the EU. We have experience in the following areas of Extradition Law:

• European Arrest Warrant / Surrender
• Procedure for Surrender / Extradition
• Refusing Surrender / Extradition

- Immigration

In this new and emerging area of law, we can offer expert legal advice and service. Whether you need a visa to enter Ireland for work, business, to join an EU spouse/partner or Irish National spouse or partner or for family reunification, we can guide and support you through the process.

- Personal Injury

Our firm advises plaintiff private clients on all types of personal injury claims including accidents at work, road traffic accidents, public liability claims, medical negligence and product liability claims. We strive to achieve the best possible result for our clients, be it through negotiation and settlement or trial, in as short a time as possible. We represent clients in all courts from District to Supreme Court, throughout the country and in relation to the Personal Injuries Assessment Board.

- Professional Negligence

Our professional negligence team has extensive experience and expertise in advising and representing clients taking, or the subject of, professional negligence actions in respect of:

• Engineers
• Architects
• Auctioneers
• Solicitors
• Barristers
• Medical professionals
• Other professionals

- Sexual Offences

Our firm has worked on sexual allegations of all kinds. Sometimes the case is a straight dispute over facts, but often there is expert evidence, whether computer evidence in an internet pornography case, psychological evidence in an allegation of childhood abuse, or straightforward forensic evidence. We will always ensure the best expert input.