Audrey Browne

Audrey is a Senior Associate at Holmes, advising insurers and self-insured corporations on insurance litigation and dispute resolution. She acts across all areas of civil and criminal litigation, in both plaintiff and defence matters.

Her defence work for domestic and international insurers spans insurance indemnity, product liability, public liability, motor, fatal, property damage and recovery claims, as well as fraud and defamation. Acting in the District Court, Circuit Court, High Court and Court of Appeal, she runs cases from initial investigations, liability, quantum and tactics through to the negotiation of costs, and works to avoid litigation wherever possible. She also defends private clients against road traffic and criminal charges in the District Court and prosecutes summonses on behalf of the Private Security Authority.

Audrey is dual qualified and admitted as a solicitor in the Republic of Ireland in 1998 and England & Wales in 2011. She joined Holmes in 2017.

Recent Work Highlights 

• Defended High Court proceedings for an insurer in which the plaintiff claimed he could no longer play soccer due to his injuries; through examination of social media, demonstrated that he continued to play, and the proceedings were struck out with an order for High Court costs against the plaintiff.

• Defended a workplace personal injury claim for a leading insurer where liability was in issue; produced documentation showing the plaintiff’s last entry to the building predated the pleaded accident date, leading the court to dismiss the claim with costs awarded to the defendant.

• Defended High Court proceedings for an insurer; obtained discovery of the plaintiff’s medical records, which revealed an undisclosed prior accident, and secured a settlement on terms that delivered a substantial saving in damages and High Court costs for the client.

• Successfully prosecuted a defendant on behalf of the Private Security Authority.

Professional Activities 

• Member of the Law Society of Ireland.

• Member of the Law Society of England and Wales

• Member of the Forum of Insurance Lawyers (FOIL)

Education and Qualifications 

• 1992 - University College Cork - Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL).

• 1994 - University College Dublin - LLM (Commercial Law).

• 2023 - Diploma in Healthcare Law.

• 2013 - Law Society of Ireland - Certificate in Personal Insolvency Practitioner Course.

• Admitted to the Law Society of Ireland in 1998 and the Law Society of England & Wales in 2011