Cathal Young, Notary Public, Solicitor, Commissioner for Oaths

1-2 Lower Leeson Street, Dublin 2

Cathal Young is an experience legal practitioner with specific experience in litigation, conveyancing, probate, company law and information technology law.  He is a Partner in Young O'Reilly Solicitors and Notaries Public.

His priority is to obtain solutions first but sometimes litigation is the only possible solution if compromise cannot be reached. He has experience in all areas of litigation including medical negligence and personal injury law. His experience ranges from the District Court  to the Supreme Court and he has obtained compensation awards worth several million euros for clients. 

Notaries are an integral part of the legal order in common and civil law. Notary Publics are one of the three pillars of the legal order (magistrates, notaries, lawyers). Their essential mission, is to confer authenticity on the legal instruments and contracts they establish for their clients in areas of law as diverse as marriage contracts, company statutes, wills, real estate transactions, etc.

A Notary Public is empowered by law and by custom and usage of notaries through the ages to:-

• Administer Oaths
• Attest Signatures
• Authenticate Documents
• Give Notarial Acts
• Take Affidavits (other than for the courts in Ireland)
• Take Affirmations and Declarations
• Receive and Make Protests under Mercantile Law, and issue notarial certificates in respect of documents and persons.
• Draw up Powers of Attorney and other legal documents customarily prepared by Notaries Public

He also advises a large number of companies on corporate matters and has held numerous directorships. In particular, he has been the Company Secretary of the Dublin City BID Company Limited since April 2010. It is a not-for-profit organisation that works, on behalf of its members, to create an attractive, welcoming, vibrant and economically successful BID area. We achieve this by working in partnership with city authorities and other organisations in the area and by delivering a range of cost-effective improvements and additional services for all stakeholders.  Our role is to enhance the appeal of the city centre as a place for shopping, recreation and business development. We work to meet these objectives through the development and delivery of programmes of Christmas lighting throughout the City, enhanced street cleaning, graffiti removal, security co-operation, marketing and events. Such events include the Dublin Fashion Festival, Dine in Dublin, Dublin at Christmas and NYE Dublin.

His memberships include the Law Society of Ireland, the Faculty of Notaries Public in Ireland, the Dublin Solicitors Bar Association and U.C.D. Alumni Association and the Medical-Legal Professionals Group.

Cathal Young graduated from University College Dublin in 1999 and subsequently studied in the Dublin Business School, the Law Society Society of Ireland, the Law School in the Law Society of Ireland and in the Faculty of Notaries Public in Ireland.  He is currently undertaking a Diploma In Notarial Law in the Faculty of Notaries Public in Ireland.  He qualified as a solicitor in 2004 and was subsequently entered on the Roll of Solicitors in 2005.

He is a Partner in Young & O'Reilly Solicitors and Notaries Public (Cathal N. Young, O'Reilly & Co.).

Please contact our offices at 01 6712773 or email cy@yor.ie for an appointment. 

Qualifications

Bachelor in Business and Legal Studies (B.B.L.S.), U.C.D

Diploma in Web Design Programming,, D.B.S.,

Post Graduate Qualifications

Diploma in Commercial Property Law (Dip Comm Prop Law), Law Society of Ireland

Diploma in Notarial Law (Dip.Not.L FNPI), Faculty of Notaries Public in Ireland

Professional Qualifications

Solicitor, Law Society of Ireland

Notary Public, Faculty of Notaries Public in Ireland

 Education