Éamonn Conlon SC

Mr Conlon is joined in the new Irish leadership team by Clare Cashin, Jarleth Heneghan and Alan Brady BL, who will work closely with the Society’s junior vice-chair Arran Dowling-Hussey.

The Adjudication Society is a not-for-profit society promoting resolution of construction disputes by means of adjudication. It currently has over 700 members across the UK and Ireland.

In a statement, the Society said: “We thank warmly Niav O’Higgins for her leadership over the last decade and David McNeice together with their team.

“Patently, a great deal has been achieved in Ireland and we are immensely grateful for the learning and social events.”