Garrett Cormican

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Garrett Cormican is a partner in our Professional Indemnity team, based at our Dublin office. He specialises in defending professional indemnity claims against construction, legal and financial professionals. 

He advises professionals across sectors: engineers, architects, architectural technologists, quantity surveyors, solicitors, accountants, financial advisers, trustees, and insurers.

Garrett is regularly instructed by Irish and international insurers to advise on insurance policy coverage issues. 

Garrett defends multi-party professional indemnity claims in the High Court (HC) and the Circuit Court (CC). A skilled negotiator, he resolves most claims out of court but is adept at defending cases in court proceedings.

Garrett has extensive general experience in dealing with employment, intellectual property, personal injury and defamation claims. He also advises on corporate crime, directors and officers insurance, product liability, employment practice liability and structural guarantee insurance.

Garrett is qualified in England, Wales and Ireland and is a member of the Dublin Solicitors and Bar Association (DSBA).

Garrett’s notable cases include:
- Successfully defending a Lloyds syndicate against a claim for EUR 6.5 million when they refused to provide insurance cover.
- Several successful strike-out applications before the Court of Appeal (CA).