With over 35 years of specialist experience in rating consultancy, Martin O'Donnell provides authoritative guidance on rateable valuations, business rates, and appeals.
His expertise spans all property sectors, including offices, retail, industrial, hospitality, equine, agriculture, healthcare, quarries, and leisure.
Martin has acted as an expert witness before the Valuation Tribunal for more than three decades, bringing deep insight and credibility to complex valuation matters.
Services
• Strategic advice on business rates and rateable valuations
• Appeal preparation and representation
• Support through revaluation cycles
• Expert representation before the Valuation Tribunal
• Guidance on liability mitigation and compliance
• Appeal preparation and representation
• Support through revaluation cycles
• Expert representation before the Valuation Tribunal
• Guidance on liability mitigation and compliance

Client Benefits
• Assurance that rates payable are minimised
• Reduced financial exposure through precise assessments
• Clarity and confidence navigating complex rating legislation
• Provision of experienced expert witness in rating disputes
• Reduced financial exposure through precise assessments
• Clarity and confidence navigating complex rating legislation
• Provision of experienced expert witness in rating disputes

Our Credentials
• Previous presenter at CPD seminars on rating law and practice
• Long-standing member of the Rating Forum (2001-2022)
• Recently acted as expert witness for the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) in the Valuation Tribunal regarding the rateable valuation of Dublin Airport, the largest rating assessment in the country.
• Long-standing member of the Rating Forum (2001-2022)
• Recently acted as expert witness for the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) in the Valuation Tribunal regarding the rateable valuation of Dublin Airport, the largest rating assessment in the country.


