We are always happy to see friends and family returning home from their stints of working/travelling abroad to resettle here in Ireland. We have heard stories of expatriots having difficulty in locating Solicitors in Ireland who will work with them, whilst they are still resident abroad, in purchasing their home for their return. We at […]

It is an unfortunate circumstance of life that lending institutions will misplace Title Deeds given the volume of Deeds they hold and the chaos of the last economic boom. It is an unfortunate circumstance of life that lending institutions will misplace Title Deeds given the volume of Deeds they hold and the chaos of the […]

We find that our commercial clients have a more risk taking character and can see the bargain in a deal. Unfortunately when it comes to a bargain in conveyancing terms it generally means that there is a sting in the tail. At Griffins however we like a challenge and the more convoluted the title issue […]

With the reliance on electronic transfers between lending institutions for all financial transactions closing the sale of your current property with one solicitor in the morning and completing the purchase of your new property with another solicitor on the afternoon of that same day is becoming a more and more difficult task, to the extent […]

On a bright damp Spring morning, Egle, a 28-year-old Lithuanian national was driving to work on a quiet County Mayo road. It was about 7:45am. She was about 4-5 kilometres from Westport on a side road. The road had a double continuous white line in the centre of the road. The speed limit was 80 […]

The client, a young Lithuanian woman, was a passenger in her brother’s car in Lucan when the car was rear ended in early Spring approximately 5 years ago. The client went to her GP and was referred to a consultant orthopaedic surgeon. The client had extensive injuries to her neck and back. The client underwent […]

On a February morning Mira was riding her motor bike into work along the N81 from Blessington towards Tallaght. Mira was coming around a bend when a motor came from a side road onto the main road. Mira managed to avoid the car using her foot but the back bumper of the car caught her […]

A woman was involved in a road traffic accident when a car turned across her and she went over the bonnet of the car. She was taken by ambulance to the hospital. The client sustained a fracture to a bone at the base of her spine. The matter was assessed by the Injuries Board and […]

The Client, a Lithuanian national, worked for a large well known group of convenience stores. One Saturday morning he was at work counting money in the cash office of the store when robbers gained access to the cash office and put a knife to the client’s throat. He was then tied up with a telephone […]

Arturs was a Latvian national and a proud owner of a black Mercedes E200 Compressor Automatic 1.8 litre petrol registered in 2006. The car was converted to work on liquid petroleum gas. On the 15th of September he was driving along the Malahide Road towards Malahide. He saw that the pedestrian lights ahead of him […]