Philip Treacy Senior Solicitor Coleman Legal LLP

Philip Treacy

Solicitor

Co. Dublin

Bio & Credentials

About

A highly experienced solicitor with over 25 years in litigation, handling workplace injury, medical negligence and historical abuse claims. In April 2019, Philip joined Coleman Legal LLP, where he is a member of the highly experienced Litigation team, with a combined team experience of well over 100 years.

Experience

Philip Treacy has successfully represented and settled historical sexual abuse cases for many clients, as well as medical negligence, dental negligence, workplace injury cases, and other catastrophic injury cases.

He has also successfully made an application to the State Ex-Gratia scheme for four victims of day school abuse. Philip continues to work on medical negligence claims, dental negligence claims, workplace physical injury claims, workplace sexual assault claims, and historical childhood sexual abuse claims.

Education

In addition to his legal professional qualifications, Philip also has a 2.1 Honours Degree in Accounting and Human Resource Management and a wide range of business and commercial experience. Philip Treacy has also worked as a volunteer for FLAC (Free Legal Advice Centre) for 8 years, offering legal advice to many people on various complex legal matters.

Recent Work

Ireland’s child sexual abuse commission, formally known as the Commission of Investigation into the Handling of Historical Child Sexual Abuse in Day and Boarding Schools.

The scoping inquiry only investigated allegations on schools (historical sexual abuse) run by religious orders. An inquiry commissioned by the Government has recorded just under 2,400.

John McClean, a former teacher and rugby coach at Terenure College, appeared at the Circuit Criminal Court in Dublin’s CCJ this morning and pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting two.