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About
Provided by Niamh Cleary
Practice Areas
Niamh Cleary has a broad and varied commercial practice, with a particular emphasis on aviation, insurance and reinsurance, competition, and professional negligence. Her practice also encompasses banking and finance, public procurement, and regulatory/consumer law. She is ranked in The Legal 500 for professional negligence as a “Leading Junior” and as a “Rising Star” in aviation.
Niamh has extensive experience of heavy litigation and complex disputes, both domestic and international, as well as of large scale multi-partly claims. She is regularly instructed in the High Court both as sole advocate and as part of a wider team. She has also acted in arbitration claims under a range of procedural rules.
• Instructed by various reinsurers in respect of claims under hull war risks policies, arising out of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
• Instructed by FW Aviation (Holdings) 1 Limited in its aircraft leasing dispute with VietJet Aviation JSC.
• On the Beach Limited v Ryanair UK Limited &Anor: Instructed by Ryanair in a claim for alleged breach of dominant position.
• Pollack v Google: Instructed in a class the action on behalf of UK publishers who have suffered loss as a result of Google’s abuse of its dominant position in the adtech sector.
• Acted in various LCIA arbitrations relating to political risk insurance disputes.
Career
Called 2012 (England and Wales); 2020 (Ireland).
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Niamh Cleary is a respected junior barrister handling a range of commercial disputes. She handles leasing and travel litigation and is regularly selected by airlines and instructing solicitors to advise on insurance disputes.
Niamh Cleary of Fountain Court Chambers has a growing reputation in the group litigation sphere. She has appeared in collective proceedings before the competition appeal tribunal including the Trucks claim.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Niamh has wisdom way beyond her years of call, is immensely hard working and is someone that clients love. She really pulls the drains up when required to do so, and covers all the angles of a case."
"Niamh is very intelligent, extremely hardworking, indefatigable and quite courageous in arguing complex points with difficult clients. She is a real asset to the team."
"Niamh is unbelievably talented - bright, hard-working and pleasure to work with."
"Niamh is doing very well in general commercial litigation and competition group litigation. She is an excellent player in this area and a very capable junior."
"Niamh has wisdom way beyond her years of call, is immensely hard working and is someone that clients love. She really pulls the drains up when required to do so, and covers all the angles of a case."
"Niamh is very intelligent, extremely hardworking, indefatigable and quite courageous in arguing complex points with difficult clients. She is a real asset to the team."
"Niamh is unbelievably talented - bright, hard-working and pleasure to work with."
"Niamh is doing very well in general commercial litigation and competition group litigation. She is an excellent player in this area and a very capable junior."
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