
Mason Hayes & Curran Professional Services Ltd
Ireland
Lawyers

Catherine Allen
- Phone+353 86 382 1009
- Email[email protected]
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Work Department
Public, Regulatory and Investigations
Position
Partner, Head of Public, Regulatory and Investigations
Career
Catherine leads the Public, Regulatory & Investigations team in Mason Hayes & Curran.
Catherine is a trusted adviser to many regulators and other public sector bodies regarding how they carry out their public law functions. Catherine has deep familiarity with the requirements of public and administrative law and how these impact on the work of public bodies. She is particularly well-known for her work in the areas of statutory interpretation, investigations, and fair procedures. She is a specialist in judicial review proceedings and other forms of public law litigation.
She also heads the firm's Professional Regulatory group, managing some of the team’s most complex and difficult investigations and inquiries.
Catherine particularly enjoys advising on the complexities of information law as it relates to public and third sector bodies, including freedom of information and data protection.