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How to succeed in complicated construction disputes
John FFF O’Brien, principal consultant at John Farage O’Brien, tells John Murphy how he generally succeeds for his claimant clients in more complicated construction disputes taken to mediation and conciliation […]
Read moreTop Public Sector award two years running
Greystones businessman John O’Brien’s company has won the highest award from Public Sector magazine for the second year in a row. O’Brien’s company, John Farage O’Brien Ltd, which operates from offices […]
Read moreA couple of innovations
We have introduced a couple of innovations, taking the opportunity to revamp our website at the same time as we received our award from Public Sector magazine
Read morePublic Sector magazine award
John Farage O’Brien has taken the Legal Dispute Resolution award in the magazine’s annual Excellence in Business Awards, in recognition of the firm’s work in advising and representing those involved in construction disputes, many involving the public sector
Read moreHow I help people end disputes
To disagree with someone is a healthy and very human thing to do, says John O’Brien in this interview. It is our differences in opinion that make us individuals, and this fosters conversation and debate.
Read moreThe view from the arbitrator’s chair
John O’Brien has a fundamental belief that in life people can generally be separated into two distinct groups, those with integrity and those without. He has found that this division has given rise to many of the disputes he has been involved in over the years
Read moreGetting the adversary factor out of disputes
How to get the ‘adversary factor’ out of disputes and disagreements
Read moreWhy are construction disputes so complex?
Why are construction disputes often so terribly complicated? That’s the big question that comes up most among our clients, colleagues and advisors
Read moreWhen those in dispute go to war
Many of the professional people I meet have no idea that some of the biggest commercial contract disputes in this jurisdiction are fought, settled or decided behind closed doors.
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