What clients say

"Kevin Brophy was my solicitor for nearly 20 years, up to his retirement in 2018. Initially I instructed him in regard to family law proceedings in both Ireland and England/Wales concerning the welfare of my then infant daughter. It was one of the best decisions I ever made. Through Kevin’s careful stewardship I was able to obtain a manageable result and safeguard my daughter’s longterm welfare – specifically,  to have my daughter’s place of habitual residence transferred from London to Dublin and to secure a joint custody arrangement which involved her spending 50% of her childhood years in my care. Today a married adult, she lives happily in the West of Ireland and os working in a career which she has been aiming for since she was a child. Almost all of this was down to Kevin’s shrewdness and commitment – as well, of course, as his knowledge of the law.  Above all, what I valued in Kevin was that he dealt with our case on the basis of a undisguised passion for what was right and good, in many instances caring for us with a quality of application indistinguishable from affection. Very often, family law amounts to being able to “read’ a situation, a piece of correspondence or a judge and make tactical decisions to protect a client’s interest. Kevin was a master of this. Later on, as our personal situation calmed down, Kevin represented me in a number of libel actions against newspapers which, notwithstanding the mandatory conditions of privacy imposed by the in camera rule, insisted upon intruding on our private affairs, publishing one-sided and potentially damaging attacks on me with regard to my efforts to protect my daughter. In all such cases, again thanks to Kevin’s acuity, experience and wisdom, we were successful, obtaining forced apologies and damages in all cases.  Above all, he became for us a great friend, who always held our best interests above other considerations, never shying away from explaining the risks involved in a particular situation or action, but always, by his calm presence, conveying a sense that these risks could be managed and overcome, as invariably they wereJohn Waters, writer and commentator."