When conveyancing, solicitors nowadays will use a standard contract for sale, first introduced in 1976 by the Law Society of Ireland. The introduction of this standard contract was intended to eliminate the need for individual solicitors to draft their own contracts and sought to give a fair balance of rights between buyer and seller. The … Read more
If you are buying a property in Ireland your solicitor will have to “investigate title”. What does investigation of title mean? The purchaser’s solicitor must ascertain The nature of the title offered for sale That he can acquire good marketable title on behalf of the buyer The property to be sold is sufficiently identified in … Read more
Firstly, what is litigation? Litigation is “contentious work”, with the definition of contentious work being set out in the Solicitors (Amendment) Act, 1994, sections 2 as follows: “contentious business” means business done by a solicitor in or for the purposes of or in contemplation of proceedings before a court or tribunal or before an arbitrator … Read more