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Philip O’Leary Irish Examiner 16-06-2017
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Irish Examiner’s regular consumer column Making Cents recently featured Commercial and Private Solicitor with FitzGerald’s Helene O’Donovan, where she advised those looking to buy their own home to consider more than just house prices and mortgage rates. To read Helene’s interview click here
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Solicitor, Gerald Kean was brought to court by EBS over an accountable trust receipt (ATR) that was given by him to EBS in 2008 in order to obtain the title deeds of his client’s three properties, which were held by EBS as security for the mortgage that was taken out against them. Mr. Kean gave [...]
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Philip O’Leary is the (relatively) new chairman of the Legal Aid Board. He spoke with Mark McDermott, editor of the Law Society Gazette about the challenges of running the €100 million operation over the next five years The new chairman of the Legal Aid Board is something of a working class hero – though he [...]
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Leading Cork legal firm, FitzGerald Solicitors is delighted to have been shortlisted for three prestigious Law Awards. The firm located on Lapps Quay in the heart of the city, was delighted to have been informed today Tuesday, 4th of April that it has been shortlisted in the category of Munster Law Firm of the Year. [...]
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When a Bank inserts a pre-condition to the drawdown of funds, then it should ensure that same is complied with, or else it may face a challenge as was faced by ACC Bank in the case of ACC Loan Management Limited –v- Gerard Sheehan [2006] IECA343/87/2016. Background The circumstances of the case are that [...]
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This case refers to Section 74(3) of the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 which states that “any conveyance of property made with the intention of defrauding a creditor or other person is voidable by any person thereby prejudiced”. This case arose from an appeal from the Dublin Circuit Court to the High Court. [...]
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We at FitzGerald Solicitors would like to congratulate our managing partner, Philip O’Leary, on his appointment by the Minister for Justice, Frances FitzGerald, as non-executive Chair of the Legal Aid Board. It is a great honour for the firm to have one of its partners appointed to such a prestigious role. As an organisation, the [...]
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Cork based, FitzGerald Solicitors is calling for the long-awaited commencement of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 which was signed into law last December. Thousands of people throughout Ireland have been patiently awaiting the implementation of the law, which was last year heralded as a long-overdue milestone that would allow those with intellectual disabilities, people with diminished capacity [...]
