Greg passed away in 2015 with a will but without any assets and in these circumstances a Grant of Probate was not taken out by his relatives. Five years after Greg’s death, and to his family’s great surprise, the funeral directors, who had dealt with Greg’s funeral, received a phone call from an insurance company. […]

Nightmare Sale of Pre ’63 Property Successfully Completed Investment Property partly built on neighbours land Mick was originally from County Mayo. He worked in London  as a builder in the 70’s and 80’s and had made a lot of  money. He came home and bought a pre-1963 investment property for rent. As time went on […]

Title Problems in Rathfarnham OWNER DISCOVERS DUBLIN WATER SUPPLY RUNS UNDER HIS HOUSE I looked at the estate agent’s pictures of the house built on an acre site in Rathfarnham. The house was recessed into the hillside, split level, large, well furnished and approximately 418 m2 (4500 sq. ft). It came with outhouses, stables and a […]

Buying at Auction WHAT TO WATCH OUT FOR There are at least 3 main reasons for selling a property by auction as opposed to through an estate agent (private treaty sale).  1. GOOD MARKET – PRIME LOCATION Traditionally properties at the higher end of the market in prime locations are suitable for sale by auction. […]

The Law Society Gazette Explains: This story by Neal Horgan outlines the principles in establishing the standard of care to be applied in personal injuries proceedings taken under the Package Holidays and Travel Trade Act 1995. Click here for the full story.

On a bright cold January morning, the client was driving his Honda Deauville 680 cc touring bike to work. He came off the M50 at Exit 14 and came down the Drummartin Link Road. He was stopped first at the lights at the Golden Grill. The lights went green and he took off. He went […]

No Manual Handling Training The client, a male Lithuanian national aged 35, was employed in a warehouse to load and unload sheets of glass. He had worked in the loading area since 2007. On Friday the 14th of March, he was working by himself loading glass into a van when he hurt his back. He […]

Elena, aged 52 years, works as a cleaner. She has been cleaning offices in Limerick for 5½ years. In March 2019, Elena was upstairs cleaning a canteen and toilet. She needed to bring the rubbish downstairs. The lift was not working properly. It kept shuddering. Elena did not trust the lift and was under pressure […]

On a cold, wet February evening, Rima was returning home from work in the restaurant. She driving along the Dublin Road into Navan.She had just passed the left hand turn onto Timmons Hill (R153).The traffic was heavy both ways and she was stopped to turn right onto Flower Hill. She was stopped for 90 seconds […]

Alfonsas is a 54 year old factory operative working in a turkey factory. His job is to take the recently killed turkeys from the slaughter house and put them onto hooks. The turkeys weigh from 5kg to 45kg. When the rack is full it weighs approximately 600kg. Alfonsas has to push the rack on wheels […]