Mary-Teresa Deignan

Year of Call: 1991 BSc (Hons); PhD Butterworth's Law Prize (QUB) Benefactor's Law Scholarship
Affiliations: Criminal Bar Association
Specialist Areas: Family Law

Biography Practice Profile Cases

Family, Civil and Criminal Law

Previous career: research into nitrogen metabolism in agricultural plants

PRACTICE AREAS:

FAMILY: children, both public & private law ancillary relief

CIVIL: property disputes between former cohabitees personal injury

CRIME: child cruelty, matters with emphasis on scientific evidence

Mental Health review tribunals

REPORTED CASES:
R v Emmanuel [1998] Crim.L.R.347 CA;

R v Reid & ors [2002] Crim. L. R. 211