John Lynch
John’s practice is in the area of litigation and employment law. He is currently head of the litigation department and advises a range of businesses and organisations on commercial disputes, including shareholder disputes, contract claims, specific performance and insurance litigation. He also advises on all aspects of employment law, including redundancies, disciplinary procedures and the termination of senior executives’ service contracts.
John qualified as a solicitor in 1992 having studied law at University College Dublin. He obtained a Certificate Diploma in Accounting and Finance in 1994. He joined the firm in 1989 and became a partner in 2000.
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Recommended as a leading lawyer in Employment, Chambers Europe - Europe's Leading Lawyers for Business (2011)
John is recognised as an experienced litigator with a notable specialism in contentious employment cases.
Recommended as a leading lawyer in Employment, Chambers Europe - Europe's Leading Lawyers for Business (2010)
John specialises in employment law and can advise on all aspects from redundancies and disciplinary procedures to senior executives' contracts.
Recommended as a leading lawyer in Employment, The Legal 500 (2010)
WhitneyMoore's employment group is headed up by the ‘outstanding’ John Lynch and wins praise for its ‘competitive cost and sound commercial accumen’. Clients include Allianz Insurance and Monsoon Accessorize.
Recommended as a leading lawyer in Pensions and Employee Benefits, The Legal 500 (2010)
John is recommended for ‘personal and efficient advice’. The main focus is occupational pension schemes and the firm handles the full gamut of issues, from transactional matters through to the winding up of schemes.
Recommended as a leading lawyer in Employment, The Legal 500 (2009)
WhitneyMoore’s employment group is headed up by the ‘commercial and practical’ John Lynch. ‘It is refreshing working with this firm’s solution-based approach’, says one client, who adds that it ‘gets to grips with the business context very quickly’.
1882 WhitneyMoore Solicitors is founded
1884 The GAA is founded in Hayes Hotel, Thurles
1885 World's first skyscraper built in Chicago
1888 J.B. Dunlop invents pneumatic tyre
1889 The Eiffel Tower is completed
1893 New Zealand becomes the first country in the world to grant women the vote
1896 First Modern Olympic Games held in Athens
1902 Intoxicating Liquor Act reduces the number of pub licences
1904 Abbey Theatre opens represented by WhitneyMoore
1912 The Titanic sinks on its maiden voyage across the Atlantic
1916 The Easter Rising takes place in Dublin
1919 Dáil Éireann establishes Civil and Criminal courts
1926 George Bernard Shaw awarded Nobel Prize for Literature
1929 Stock markets around the world collapse
1936 Aer Lingus flies between Ireland and Britain for the first time
1937 The Constitution of Ireland comes into force
1948 Ireland beat Wales 6-3 to win the Grand Slam
1953 Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay of Nepal reach top of Mt. Everest
1954 Roger Bannister breaks the 4 minute mile
1955 Ireland becomes a member of the United Nations
1957 The Space Age begins with the launch of Russia's Sputnik 1
1961 First television broadcast by RTÉ takes place
1963 JFK is assassinated in Dallas, Texas
1969 Neil Armstrong walks on the moon
1973 Ireland becomes a member of the EEC
1974 Richard Nixon becomes the first sitting US president to resign
1977 Death of Elvis Presley
1979 Ireland is appointed a member of the European Monetary System
1980 John Lennon assassinated in New York city
1981 Introduction of the Personal Computer by IBM
1985 Ryanair founded
1986 Chernobyl Nuclear Accident
1987 Stephen Roche wins the Tour de France
1989 Fall of the Berlin Wall
1990 Nelson Mandela released after 27 years of imprisonment
1995 Seamus Heaney wins Nobel Prize for Literature
1997 Hong Kong returned to Chinese Rule
1998 Good Friday Agreement endorsed
1999 JFK Junior dies in a plane crash
2000 DOT COM crash
2001 Twin Towers in New York destroyed by terrorists
2002 Euro currency introduced in 12 countries
2003 Ireland hosts the Special Olympics
2004 Tsunami causes devastation in South-East Asia
2005 YouTube launched
2006 St. Andrews Agreement signed restoring the Northern Ireland Assembly
2007 Irish Cricket Team defeat Pakistan at the Cricket World Cup
2008 Barack Obama elected first African-American President of the USA
2009 Ireland beat Wales 17-15 to win the Grand Slam
