A CLAMPDOWN has been ordered on state-funded home-help companies which take top-up fees from elderly and disabled people, the Irish Independent has learnt. In some cases, home help companies have been raking in fees of up to €170,000 a year from their clients, who are generally elderly. This is on top of the payment these...Read More

MEDIATION SHOULD be mandatory in cases of disputed wills where there are concerns about the vulnerability of the person who made the will, according to the president of the Law Society.Read More

Two children, aged seven and eight, removed to Ireland from New York by their mother without their father’s consent, may remain in Ireland with their mother, where the children strongly expressed this wish, as the case involved exceptional circumstances.Read More

A guide to reporting on family law proceedings in England and Wales has been welcomed by lawyers and journalistsRead More

The Office of President was established by The Constitution (Bunreacht na h Éireann). The President is elected directly by the people.Read More

THE BAR Council of Ireland is committed to its role in the provision of a modern, effective legal system that ensures the fairest possible administration of justice. Discussion of how our legal system should be run is not only legitimate but important, as in every democratic society. Legal systems can atrophy unless they are subject...Read More

HUNDREDS OF property repossession cases could be struck out following a High Court ruling there was a “lacuna” – or gap – in legislation introduced in 2009.Read More

A Supreme Court judge has launched a strong attack on “modern” tribunals of inquiry,  Irish Times, 14th July 2011Read More

Unless you make sure that family members have access to your digital data, it could disappear with you., Irish Times, 5th July 2011  Read More

SIPTU MEMBERS at the Cliffs of Moher are to strike from Thursday, 14th July following the collapse of pay talks with management at the visitor attraction.Read More