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Fionnuala O’Reilly

Senior Paralegal

Senior Paralegal
Serious crime defence
Following SQE training in order to qualify as a solicitor SQE1.
Studying for SQE 2
Master of Law
University of Exeter (Spanish and Russian)

She is fluent in Spanish and proficient in Russian.

She assists and is supervised by the following:

Fiona Grandy – Cilex lawyer
Tony Meisels – Partner
Keith Wood – Partner

Fionnuala defends a wide range of criminal defence matters including – Pre-charge investigations and representations, including raising legal argument with a view to discontinuance of proceedings with a very high rate of success.

Preparation of submissions to prosecution re strength of evidence and dismissal proceedings.

Trials in the Magistrates and Crown Courts

She deals with the complete range of criminal defence work in the Magistrates and Crown Courts, including the most serious of allegations.

Fionnuala has a particular interest in all POCA and motoring offences.

She works closely with Keith Wood on all POCA and civil recovery matters – Keith is one of the leading POCA specialist defence lawyers in the country – they also deal with third party rights over restrained and confiscated assets.

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