Terry The Road Traffic Act, 2010 and Road Traffic (No. 2 ) Act 2011 have brought about a comprehensive consolidation and updating of drink driving law in Ireland. (The Road Traffic Act, 2014 made some further amendments). From a legal perspective the prosecution of drink driving offences can be quite a technical area, and you are … Read more
Thinking about buying or selling a residential property? This step by step guide by a builder and property developer turned solicitor will help you avoid costly mistakes and ensure a sound investment I bought my first property in 1986-a mixed commercial/residential in Dublin. Since then I have bought many more-in and outside Dublin, and I … Read more
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