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News May 29th, 2023Fallen Trees Bad weather causing trees to fall creates additional headaches for farmers. The owner of the trees is the person liable in law for the damage it causes if negligence of the landowner is proved. Therefore, famers and property owners need to monitor trees on their land. It is vitally important for farmers and…
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News May 10th, 2023Unfair Dismissal The Workers Relations Commission considered a case where an employee, who had been dismissed, had been convicted on a guilty plea in the District Court on a sexual assault charge and whether that had a bearing on the employee’s protection under employment law. The complainant took a gamble believing that he would get…
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News May 3rd, 2023Evidence rejected by the court as it was far too one-sided and failed to be objective. Evidence from a highly qualified expert witness retained by an insurance company was rejected out of hand by the Court of Appeal recently because, in their opinion, the expert was much too partisan in his evidence and lacked…
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News April 28th, 2023Slip on a Garage Forecourt The plaintiff stopped at a petrol station to get fuel for his car. He bought €10 of fuel and walked to the hatch to pay. He noticed that the door of the station was ajar and that the staff motioned him, to go in the door and that at that point…
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News April 25th, 2023Breach of A contract will set out the terms of the service to be provided or goods to be sold; so, it is very important that these are clearly set out and not stated in vague or ambiguous language. A breach can occur if one party fails to perform his duties as agreed in the contract or…
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News April 20th, 2023Racial Discrimination A Nigerian was awarded €30,000 for racial discrimination by his team leader in an appeal from the WRC to the Labour Court. There were two instances of the discrimination: the first in February 2019 at the workplace where the complainant claimed that his team leader called him a chimpanzee and made monkey noises at him. This…
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News April 19th, 2023On a day to day basis for most couples there is little difference between marriage and cohabiting. Long term co-habiting couples will view themselves as being effectively a married couple in all but name. There may be various reasons as to why a couple would chose not to get married. However, there are significant financial…
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News April 17th, 2023Workplace Accident A human resource director sued his employer for injuries he received when, after using the bathroom at his place of work, he had to use a staircase where he slipped, bounced a few flights down on his backside and caused himself injury to his lower back. The plaintiff said he suffered immediate pain…
Read More Landlord & Tenant
News April 14th, 2023Unauthorised Letting Invalidates Any Tenancy Even a lease that is willingly entered into and signed by an owner and his tenant can be deemed invalid if the owner’s bank or lender were never informed about and never gave their consent to the proposed letting. If you mortgage your property to a bank the lender has…
Read More Property
News April 13th, 2023How Do I Confirm a Property Boundary? The best way to confirm the legal boundary of your property is to assess the deed records. These are held at the Registry of Deeds. Not every property in Ireland will have deed records because the system operates on a voluntary registration basis. If your property does have…
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