Bonnie Hickey BL

Bonnie has a civil and commercial practice.

Bonnie specialises in the area of probate and succession law, equity and trusts. She is instructed in probate litigation on behalf of both applicants and estates, including claims by beneficiaries, testamentary challenges, S117 proceedings and construction suits. She regularly appears in the non-contentious probate list.

She advises in complex matters involving trusts, powers of attorney, capacity and probate and succession law. She has presented lectures on the Law Society STEP diploma, to the DSBA Probate and Tax Committee and other associations.

Bonnie is a member of the Society of Trusts and Estate Planning (STEP) and the Probate Bar Association.

Her other areas of practice include contractual disputes, in particular mortgage litigation, and medical negligence.

Bonnie’s recently reported work includes:

Probate and Succession Law

JO’N and SMcG v NB [2024] IEHC 72

Acting for the Attorneys in an application to have them removed by a Notice Party following the registration of an EPA.

Re Gibbons deceased [2023]

Acting for the estate in defending an application pursuant to S.27(4) for an Ad Litem Grant.

Re Keoghan deceased [2023]

Acting for a beneficiary in testamentary challenge proceedings and/or S.117 proceedings.

Re Falvey deceased [2023]

Acting for a beneficiary in proceedings concerning the validity of a codicil / testamentary document.

Hawe v Hawe; In the Estate of Hawe Deceased [2022]

Acting for the estate in proceedings concerning the application of S120 of the Succession Act 1965 and related nervous shock proceedings.

In the Estate of Ulick O’Connor Deceased [2021]

Acting for an executor in proceedings concerning a dispute between executors and related proceedings brought by a secured creditor.

In the Estate of Mary Ann (Maureen) Horan Deceased [2020] IEHC 21

Acting for the beneficiaries of a high value estate in S27(4) proceedings to have an executor removed.

Commercial

In the matter of Inch View Limited (In Liquidation) [2022] IEHC 24

Acting for the liquidator in obtaining orders under s.819 of the Companies Acts restricting the directors.

Test Cases v PTSB Bank [2019]

Acting for the plaintiffs in five test cases before the High Court in proceedings concerning tracker mortgages.

Medical Negligence 

Arkypenko v St Vincent’s Healthcare Group [2024]

Acting for the plaintiff in a missed diagnosis case in which the plaintiff suffered complete paralysis.

Phelan v HSE and Quest Diagnostics

Acting for the plaintiff in proceedings arising from the cervical smear test controversy.

Lost Wills – Legal Implications and Court Applications – The Parchment, DSBA, Summer 2022, Issue 92.

Variation of Trusts, Erin International CPD, February 2024.

S.27(4), Succession Act, 1965 Court Applications, DSBA Probate and Tax Committee Seminar, March 2023.

Lost Wills – Admitting Copy Wills to Proof, DSBA Probate and Tax Committee Seminar, May 2022.

Updates on Probate Litigation, DSBA Probate and Tax Committee Seminar, February 2019.

Proceedings involving Infant Claimants, DSBA Litigation Committee Seminar, April 2018.

Discovery of Medical Records, Solicitors Group Tort Conference, November 2016.

Board Member of Progressive Credit Union.

Member of The Bar of Ireland’s Voluntary Assistance Scheme. 

Volunteer with FLAC (2013 – 2018).

Volunteer with NCLC (2013 – 2019).

Member of the Society of Trust and Estate Planning Practitioners (STEP).

Member of the Probate Bar Association.

Member of the Tort and Insurance Bar Association.