Terry The Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 may come to your rescue if there is a problem with the title to a property. Recitals Section 59(1) provides 59.— (1) Recitals, statements and descriptions of facts, matters and parties contained in instruments, statutory provisions or statutory declarations 15 years old at the date of the … Read more
Courts appear to be scrutinising personal injury claims more closely in a climate of widespread scepticism about the personal injury culture in Ireland. Evidence of this can be seen in the High Court decision in an appeal from the Circuit Court in O’Connell -v- Martin; Ali -v- Martin [2019] IEHC 571. The High Court held … Read more
Landlords and lenders were at risk of being held liable for outstanding rates of tenants pursuant to the Local Government Rates and Other Matters Act 2019. Section 13 of the act provides: Payment of rates on sale of relevant property 13. (1) The owner of a relevant property who proposes to sell the property shall, … Read more
A contract for the sale of land in Ireland must be evidenced in writing. The situation is similar in the UK where a contract for the sale of land must be signed by, or on behalf of both parties. An interesting decision has been handed down by the County Court in Manchester where a dispute … Read more
Do you think the social media sites do enough when it comes to the offensive material that is published on their platforms? Do Facebook and Twitter, for example, act swiftly (or at all) to remove the hate speech and racist stuff that is on full view courtesy of various keyboard warriors hiding behind fake names … Read more