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Latest Judgments
Fresh order for vacant possession of registered land
High Court grants fresh order that defendant deliver up vacant possession of registered land, a similar order having been granted in 2008.
Fresh order for vacant possession of registered land
High Court grants fresh order that defendant deliver up vacant possession of registered land, a similar order having been granted in 2008.
Summons amended to give correct date of judgment mortgage
Judgment mortgage - action seeking well charging order - special summons issued 16 December 2010 - claim in summons that judgment mortgage registered on 3 November 2009 - error in summons, as correct registration completed on 5 May 2010 - application to amend summons...
Judgment mortgagee permitted to reinstate abandoned claim against lands in folio
High Court grants order reinstating relief sought by judgment mortgagee against lands in folio, and vacating earlier order of the Master of the High Court deleting folio from special summons, on grounds that the court had an inherent jurisdiction to make such an...
Unregistered charge took priority over judgment mortgage.
High Court grants payment of proceeds of sale on foot of an unregistered equitable charge, and holds that said charge took priority over a judgment mortgage.
Gemma McLoughlin Burke BL discusses work as a Judicial Assistant, on The Fifth Court podcast
On Episode 14 of The Fifth Court podcast, Gemma McLoughlin Burke BL speaks to...
Bakshi Mohit – A tale of perseverance to the Bar
Bakshi Mohit, who is from Mauritius, is a first year devil practicing in the area of crime. Although he studied the Diploma and the Barrister-at-law...
Barristers’ Court Dress
(Originally published in Law Ireland in May 2020) In 1995, quite a stir was made when the barristers’ wig, formerly considered obligatory, was made...
Vicarious trauma in the legal profession
(This piece was originally published in Law Ireland in January 2020) In December 2019, it was reported that a former ‘content moderator’ was suing...
Big Brother Watch v UK – Data Protection for beginners
The Edward Snowden leaks, which began in 2013, exposed a wide-range of State surveillance and storage of data by governments across the world,...
A Healthy Practice
(This article was originally published in Decisis Law Ireland, in September 2020) Life as a barrister is not always conducive to good mental health....
Popular Judgments
Trial ordered on whether ruled settlement agreement contained forged paragraph
Supreme Court: (a) dismisses appeals from High Court, and affirms judgment and...
Well-charging order granted over judgment debtor’s interests in certain lands
High Court, in special summons proceedings, grants plaintiff a well-charging...
Time not extended for debtor to appeal 2007 judgment
High Court: (a) refuses to extend time to appeal judgment obtained in the...
Attempt to strike out professional negligence proceedings against former solicitors refused due to unresolved limitation issues
The High Court refused an application by a firm of solicitors to strike out professional negligence proceedings brought by a former client. The court rejected technical objections raised by the plaintiff regarding the form of court documents, and determined that it could not be established at this stage that the plaintiff’s claim was bound to...
Application to strike out professional negligence claim by former client refused as limitation arguments require full trial
The High Court refused an application by a firm of solicitors to strike out professional negligence proceedings brought by a former client, finding that it could not be said the claim was bound to fail on grounds of being statute-barred or disclosing no cause of action. The court rejected technical objections from the plaintiff regarding...
Popular Articles
Acts of Union “Shattered” by Northern Ireland Protocol
Irish practitioners might recall the Acts of Union 1800 (often mistakenly referred to as the Act of Union 1801) as being the key piece of...
“A Lawyer and Yet Not a Thief, to the Wonder of the People”: A Brief History of Pro Bono Work
Introduction It is very common to see lawyers working for clients on a pro bono publico basis; that is, “for the public good”. Noonan J. has written...
Tarisai May Chidawanyika: Diversity in Law and Campaigning for Change
Tarisai May Chidawanyika is a newly qualified solicitor and the founder of “Diversity in Law”, an organisation which seeks to promote diversity and...
The art of boring advocacy
What can a new barrister like me learn from the mountains of what has been written about advocacy? Quite a lot, I think. A big theme you will come...