Dave Coleman

Managing Partner

Dublin

Bio & Credentials

About

Dave Coleman is the founder and Managing Partner at Coleman Legal LLP. He is nationally and internationally recognised for his expertise in various legal areas, including multi-party actions, personal litigation, sexual abuse, and public and administrative Law.

Experience

He has over 35 years of experience and is considered one of the most experienced solicitors in Ireland in multi-party litigation and has overseen a significant number of essential and topical multi-party actions, including Hepatitis C cases, institutional sexual abuse cases, property defect cases, more recently Facebook moderator cases, Larium cases, vaginal mesh implant cases, and various other catastrophic injury cases.

Dave Coleman and his team have advised groups on a national basis on the following matters: DePuy Hip Replacement, a substantial group of bondholders in an action against ACC Bank, a large number of claimants living in a housing estate affected by defective blocks, a group of individuals in the Michael Shine sexual abuse case and various other multi-party actions. Dave believes in delivering tailor-made legal services to clients and regularly meets with and advises diverse groups of clients on issues of concern to them.

Education

Dave Coleman graduated from UCD and was admitted as a solicitor in 1986. He has also been admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales.

Areas of Specialisation

Recent Work

A man has failed in his bid to prevent his sister from pursuing a sexual abuse civil claim for damages over allegations of sexual abuse and rape committed against.

Coleman Legal senior Solicitor, Philip Treacy , will appear on the highly anticipated RTE Investigates programme tonight, Thursday, 1 May, at 9.35 pm on RTE One and RTÉ Player, entitled.

It has now come to light that a Christian brother who sexually assaulted seven boys while teaching at Kilkenny School over 40 years ago had also sexually abused an additional 22 boys.

John McClean, a former rugby coach at Terenure College who is currently serving prison time for sexually abusing 45 boys, has been found guilty of abusing four more youths.

A radiographer dismissed from his position at Tallaght Hospital following a complaint about his conduct while carrying out an X-ray on a 16-year-old patient in 2023 has been found.