Leonard Edgar > McKees > Belfast, United Kingdom > Lawyer Profile
McKees Offices
THE LINENHALL
32-38 LINENHALL STREET
BELFAST
BT2 8BG
United Kingdom
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Leonard Edgar
Work Department
Litigation and dispute resolution.
Position
Throughout his time with the firm Leonard has been involved in dealing with litigation and employment matters, with the major proportion of his work having been in defence litigation, dealing with all types of claims, mainly on behalf of insurers. Leonard specialises in high-value catastrophic claims arising mainly out of road traffic, farming and construction site accidents. He also advises insurers in relation to other matters such as property claims, indemnity issues, policy disputes and health and safety matters.
Career
Trained John McKee & Son; qualified 1980; Partner at McKees – 1983 to date, Senior partner 2008; Deputy County Court Judge 1998 to date; President of Solicitors’ Disciplinary Tribunal; occasional tutor at Institute of Professional Legal Studies and Law Society Advocacy Course;
Memberships
Law Society of Northern Ireland
Education
Royal Belfast Academical Institution; Queen’s University Belfast (1979 LLB; 1980 CPLS).
Leisure
Running