Lisa Mannion
Senior Associate, Cork Office
Lisa is a Senior Associate in the firm’s Commercial Litigation Department, specialising in Data Protection and Cyber Security. She advises a broad range of public and private sector clients in relation to their implementation and compliance with data protection law and in drafting policies and notices required under data protection law.
Lisa advices educational bodies, including primary and secondary schools, in relation to their implementation and compliance with data protection law. This includes advice in relation to confidentiality and data protection issues and assistance with data subject access requests. She is also an active member of RDJ’s Incident Response Team and regularly advises clients in relation to Cyber and Data Security Breaches together with data breach claims. She is experienced in dealing with the Data Protection Commission and advising clients on notifying data breaches to the Data Protection Commission.
Prior to practising as a Solicitor, Lisa was a practising Barrister, with a focus on general litigation and dispute resolution. She is experienced in all aspects of litigation successfully representing clients at all court levels. She now advises a number of leading insurers on professional negligence, public liability and property claims together with arbitration/mediation, policy and indemnity disputes.
Education
University College Cork (BCL) (LLM) (Master’s Degree in law)
The Honorable Society of Kings Inns (Barrister at Law Degree)
Essentials of Legal Practice course (ELPC) Law Society of Ireland
PDP - Practitioner Certificate in Data Protection
Professional
Admitted as a solicitor in Ireland
Qualified Barrister (BL)
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