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NewsSome Apartment Complexes May Have Latent Fire Safety Issues It’s important before buying an apartment to look into how well the complex is run and how much of a contingency fund is in place to pay for repairs to the roof or other areas requiring maintenance. It is doubly important these days to make these…
Read More Assisted Decision Capacity Act
NewsThe Assisted Decision Capacity Act is now Law. Unfortunately the commencement date has not yet been indicated, however, it is presumed to occur towards the latter part of Spring. The Act is an important piece of Law and recognises that there can be different levels of capacity. Therefore, a person may have capacity to make…
Read More Probate
NewsCarbon Copy of Will Admitted to Probate Thomas Delahunty died in March 2015, his wife had predeceased him, and they had no children. In April 1980 he gave a handwritten note to his solicitors for his will to be drawn up. The solicitor duly carried out his instructions, the will was executed and placed in…
Read More Wills
NewsMaking a Will for an Elder For an elderly person, making a Will can be difficult to understand so it is imperative that whatever they are about to do is very clearly explained. For a solicitor providing this service, a high duty of care is expected. The instructions for the Will must be taken from the person making the Will. The…
Read More Personal Injuries
NewsThree-year-old compensated for injury on holiday. Accidents often happen on holidays, but it used to be difficult to secure compensation. Some comfort was afforded to families travelling abroad under the Package Holidays (Trade and Travel) Act 1995 where in S (20) it states that a defendant travel company owes its customers a duty of reasonable…
Read More Family Law Expert Reports
NewsActing Minister for Justice Simon Harris recently warned that expert reports for Family Law cases can be consistent and unregulated. It is hoped to introduce regulation and over sight in respect of these reports, but what exactly are these reports? From time to time in the Family Law Court system the voice of the child…
Read More Making a Will
NewsA recent survey not surprisingly indicated that almost two thirds of Irish adults have not made a Will. Making a Will is a straightforward and relatively inexpensive process. If a Will is not made then there is no executor and no agreed person in a position to take control of the estate of the deceased. …
Read More Neighbours and Common Boundaries
NewsThere is an old saying that good fences make good neighbours. In these days where ideally we should have hawthorn ditches we often have fences and concrete walls. However regardless of what type of boundary exists between ourselves and our neighbours it is important that there be no disputes between neighbours which are notoriously fraught…
Read More The Mental Health Act 2001
NewsThe Mental Health Act of 2001 has been a fundamental piece of legislation governing the admission of persons to approved centres i.e. Department of Psychiatry as involuntary patients. It was recently the subject matter of a report by the Oireachtas. Committee Frances Black chaired that committee. At the time when the Act was brought in…
Read More Fair Deal Scheme
NewsThe Fair Deal Scheme has been a game changer for many people seeking to avail of Nursing Home care. As the population ages this will become an increasing feature of Irish society. It is an issue that is frequently at the back of the minds of people as they age. It also clearly impacts on…
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