Family Courts Bill 2022 was referred to in the Government and Justice Plan 2022 and forms part of the Family Justice Strategy 2022 -2025 The aim of the Family Court’s Bill 2022 (the Bill) is to provide for a more efficient and user-friendly family court system for a variety of family law proceedings. The Bill […]
STEP BY STEP GUIDE TO BUYING A HOME BLOG 1 : DEPOSITS: 1. When purchasing a property through an auctioneer, you will be required to pay a booking deposit. Often times this will be in the region of €5,000-€10,000 and will be requested by the auctioneer at the very beginning to show your seriousness and […]
1. You decide how your assets will be distributed on your death If you don’t make a will, you are deemed to have died intestate and your estate will be distributed according to the rules set out in the Succession Act, 1965. This means that those who will get your estate might not be whom […]
Data protection is the safeguarding of the rights of all individuals to privacy in relation to the processing of their personal data. The processing of data is regulated by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. If an organisation has breached your personal data in any way then you may […]
If you are at least 18 years old and of sound mind, you can make a Will. If you later get married or if you enter a civil partnership, that Will is automatically revoked unless the Will was made with that marriage or civil partnership in mind. However, if you co-habit with a partner (that […]
CHANGES TO FAIR DEAL SCHEME TO ENHANCE PROTECTION FOR FAMILY FARMS Changes to the Nursing Home Support Scheme (Amendment) Act 2021 will come into effect on the 20th of October 2021. Big Change to Scheme. The biggest change relates to capping the contribution applied to the the family farm or business to 3 years. This […]
25 years ago this year the Family Law (Divorce) Act 1996 was introduced following an historic referendum the previous year. It was enshrined into the Constitution that a Court had to grant a divorce to the spouses, if the Court was satisfied at the date of the institution of the proceedings, i. the parties lived […]
You have made the decision to sell your property. You have engaged an Auctioneer and placed the property on the market. Now you wait while the property is viewed and hopefully a buyer found, a price agreed and you can more on to the next stage of the sale process. Don’t just sit […]
On 5th February 2021, the High Court ruled that several publicans were entitled to cover under FBD Insurance business interruption policies, for losses suffered because of the Covid 19 pandemic. This was a similar outcome to a case already decided in the UK Supreme court. Justice Denis McDonald found that a policy sold by FBD […]
