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30 Nov '17Noel Doherty from Fitzgerald Solicitors will be speaking with PJ Coogan on The Cork’s 96fm Opinion Line this morning when he’ll be discussing amendments to the Domestic Violence Bill with @pjcoogan
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The Presidents of the Circuit Court, High Court and Court of Appeal signed a practice direction on the role of McKenzie Friends in legal proceedings which came in to force on the 1st of October 2017. A McKenzie friend is a lay man, devoid of legal qualifications who may assist a litigant in Court. The [...]
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03 Nov '17
The Mediation Act 2017 was enacted on 2 October 2017 and it is anticipated that it will come in to force in the coming weeks. The main objective of the Act is to promote mediation as a viable, effective and efficient alternative to court proceedings. The benefits of successful mediation are reduced legal costs, quicker [...]
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Breach of data protection and privacy laws by Uber, the ride sharing company in the United States. The “God view” tool employed by Uber allowed the company’s employees to constantly track drivers and customers in real-time without their knowledge. In 2011 the “God view” programme was used by Uber as a type of novelty [...]
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22 Aug '17
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20 Jun '17
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 [...]
