Diarmuid McKeown

Areas of Practice

Personal Injury
My firm McKeowns is recognised as a leading Personal Injury practice within Northern Ireland. Our approach to handling claims has been centred entirely on caring for clients. From the moment of instruction until the settlement of claim and payment of damages, each of our clients embarks upon and completes a journey accompanied by a member of our talented and experienced Personal Injury Team. Along the way, we offer friendly advice and support and quite often help identify solutions for clients to help alleviate their suffering. No stone is left unturned in achieving the best result possible.

Conveyancing
Clients involved in property transactions require expert advice tailored specifically to their circumstances. In particular, they require their solicitor to act in a timely and efficient manner in order to ensure the successful completion of their sale or purchase.
We help our clients achieve these objectives at competitive rates by going above and beyond expectations in the delivery of our advice and professional services. We are assisted in this with the use of the latest technology in our practice.

Employment
The workplace has in some ways become a battlefield for individuals who find themselves at odds with employers and fellow employees.
• Disciplinary action
• Unfair Dismissal
• Disability, Race, Age or Sex Discrimination
• Redundancy
• Harassment and Bullying
We assist employers through advice and assistance to prepare for recruitment, draft contracts of employment, general guidance and handling of disciplinary procedures, providing representation at tribunals if required.
We assist employees through advice on all aspects of their employment. This can include dealing with disciplinary procedures, presenting and negotiating claims at the Employment Tribunal

Wills & Probate
We adopt an empathetic, practical and professional approach tailored to the individual needs of our clients. Our friendly dedicated team are on hand with a wide range of experience to advise on:
• Wills
• Administering Estates
• Enduring Powers of Attorney
• Controllerships
• Trusts
• Estate Planning
We also work closely with all other professionals such as financial advisers and accountants to ensure that our clients are fully informed and are able to determine the best way forward for them having regard to their own particular circumstances.

Civil Litigation
It can be daunting for any individual or business having to deal with a dispute. We can help make the experience much less intimidating through our well-practised approach to dealing with our clients’ needs and expectations. Steering them to satisfactory outcomes. Our litigation team will hit the ground running upon instruction. They possess utmost ability to communicate and negotiate with all parties concerned. Their well organised approach to each and every step of the case means that they are in full control of all deadlines and court procedures. Our implementation and use of the latest technology also enhances their leading edge approach to deliver the best experience for our clients.
Our awareness and involvement in the field of Alternative Dispute Resolution allows us to explore less conventional avenues of finding solutions on behalf of our clients. Whilst at the same time being constantly aware of the commercial aspects of the matter in hand, we seize the opportunity to deploy our long established commercial nous on behalf of our clients.