Terry Perjury is now a criminal offence. The Criminal Justice (Perjury and Related Offences) Act 2021 came into law last week (28th July 2021). This act has come about partly as a consequence of the concerns about dubious personal injury claims being commenced and the criticism surrounding the so called “compensation culture”. Criminal liability can now … Read more
In July 2021 Portakabin Limited sought an order from the High Court-a Norwich Pharmacal order-forcing Google Ireland to disclose information about the user of a Gmail account. The Gmail account had been used to defame Portakabin and damage Portakabin’s business. A number of people, including Portakabin’s customers, had received emails from this email account with … Read more
One of the most memorable characters in any of the novels of Charles Dickens is Uriah Heep. He features in the 1850 novel, “David Copperfield” by Dickens, and is the personification of unctuousness, sycophancy, insincerity, and false humility. He was brought up, he says, to be “ever so ‘umble”. He writhes his way into the … Read more
Are you tempted to sell your house privately, cutting out the estate agent and taking the ‘for sale by owner route’? I think I have only had one such sale in the last 5 years, but it went surprisingly smoothly. And with a considerable saving for the vendor for the thousands that might have gone … Read more
Attic conversions in Irish houses, especially in dormer bungalows, are commonplace up and down the country. Let’s face it: a dormer roof can be quite a large space and comes, I believe, from the French word for ‘to sleep’ (dormir). It may be a sensible use of resources and space to convert the attic to … Read more