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Our Managing Partner Philip O’Leary was delighted to be a guest speaker the FLAC Access to Justice Conference on Friday, 17 May 2019. Below Philip is pictured with Chief Justice Frank Clarke, Attorney General Séamus Woulfe and fellow guest speakers.
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The chairman of the Legal Aid Board says some people are being caught in “a poverty trap” where they cannot get financial assistance to go to court due to issues with eligibility criteria. Philip O’Leary said the regulations were “idiosyncratic and in need of updating”. Unlike criminal legal aid, where a qualifying person’s legal costs […]
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17 May '19
Sean O’Riordan, Melanie Evans, Helene O’Donovan and David Swinburne from our Legal & Advisory Energy Team attended the Energy Cork conference on 17 May 2019. There was lots of interesting debate around the challenges and opportunities for all of us from both a personal and business perspective. Watch this space!
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I was appointed to the Irish Banking Culture Board, an industry initiative established to rebuild trust in the banking sector and promote fair customer outcomes on 15 April by Mr Justice John Hedigan. I regard this as an opportunity to advise on the recalibration of the relationship between banks and their customers. Access to credit […]
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13 May '19
On 9 May 2019 a five Judge Supreme Court handed down a judgment in the case of ACC Loan Management Limited DAC -v- Mark Rickard and Gerard Rickard [2017/146]. The Supreme Court had to make a decision on an appeal from a decision of the Court of Appeal by Mark Rickard. The background to the […]
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