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Cork solicitor Flor McCarthy, on The Fifth Court podcast
The guest on the 11th episode of The Fifth Court podcast is Flor McCarthy, of...
The 25 most cited cases in Irish superior court judgments (Nos 21 to 25)
Since 2011, Decisis has published reports of over 9,000 Irish superior court judgments. These are indexed by topic, and can be found by subscribers...
Scott Schedules
When a plaintiff commences litigation, not knowing what items are likely to be in dispute, he or she needs to set out each aspect of the claim...
The rule against barristers suing for their fees
In his 18th century Commentaries on the Laws of England (Book 3, Chap 3), William Blackstone wrote comparing ancient Roman orators with modern...
A Law Report suitable for the Internet Age
Particularly astute readers will notice that Law Ireland has moved to a new publisher. For nearly three years, it has been published by Wordwell...
Early case law available online
Many in the legal profession have benefited from the Free Access to Law Movement without necessarily being aware that there was a Free Access to Law...
Popular Judgments
Time extended to admit claim to have judgment mortgage discharged out of the proceeds of intended sale of property
Court of Appeal allows appeal of refusal to extend the time fixed by the...
Application to extend time to appeal against judgment mortgage dismissed where no arguable ground of appeal demonstrated
Court of Appeal dismisses application to extend time to appeal judgment...
Cross examination of deponents not necessary on interlocutory application to restrain trespass on premises
High Court, in the context of an interlocutory motion brought by plaintiffs...
Application to set aside default judgment in workplace injury claim refused due to lack of special circumstances
The High Court refused an application by an employer to set aside a default judgment entered in favour of an employee who claimed to have suffered an accident at work. The defendant argued that an error by its solicitor led to the failure to enter an appearance, but the court held that, under the current rules, the defendant was required to show...
Appeal dismissed as plaintiff fails to prove accident caused need for surgery
The Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal brought by a plaintiff seeking to recover damages, including for spinal surgery and anticipated future surgery, allegedly resulting from a road traffic accident. The High Court had previously awarded the plaintiff damages only for soft tissue injuries, finding insufficient evidence to link the plaintiff’s...
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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....
Human rights and a different path in law: Liam Herrick from the ICCL
Liam Herrick is the Executive Director of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties, an Irish non-profit organisation dedicated to supporting the civil...
Expert witness issues – June update
UK Post Office prosecutions - a failure of disclosure. Recently, one of the largest miscarriages of justice in UK history came to a head when about...
Remote swearing of affidavits
As a result of COVID-19 many industries and professions have had to rethink the manner in which they conduct their business; the legal profession...