• Employment law
• Industrial relations law
• Immigration law

Ger advises:

• Employers in the public sector
• Employers in the private sector

Engagements

• External Examiner in Employment Law for the Law Society
• Lecturer in Employment Law on the Law Society’s Diploma in Employment Law
• Ger has presented at numerous IBA and other events in the US and Europe and has also written articles for Irish and European trade and legal publications on employment issues

Education

• University College Dublin, BCL
• University College Dublin, Diploma Employment Law

Professional Memberships

• Member of the International Labor Law Section of the American Bar Association (ABA)
• Member of the European Employment Lawyers Association (EELA)
• Member of the Association of Employment Lawyers Ireland (ELAI)
• Law Society of Ireland

• • Regular point of contact for a large number of private and public organisations in relation to both contentious and non-contentious employment law and industrial relations issues. Such organisations include UBS Bank, Kerry Group, Intel, Xerox, Facebook, Renault Ireland, Bord Gáis Éireann and RBS.
  • Acted for a large financial institution in a gender discrimination case.
  • Acted for a large financial institution in successfully defending a High Court injunction application where an employee sought to challenge her suspension on the grounds of gross misconduct.
  • Acted for Kerry Foods, part of the Kerry Group, in securing a High Court injunction to restrain picketing on its plant following an industrial dispute. Of particular interest and a somewhat new concept before the court was the issue of the use of social media in a trade disput.
  • Advised a financial institution on its obligations under the European Communities (Protection of Employees on the Transfer of Undertakings) Regulations 2003 on its sale of part of its business.
  • Acted for a number of financial institutions in relation to their obligation both in the sale and purchase of loan portfolio books.