Family Law - Blog Entries
THE NEW COHABITATION LEGISLATION – VINDICATION FOR THE VULNERABLE OR A BLOODSUCKER’S BONANZA?
Monday, February 28th, 2011
The new year brought with it dramatic changes in the area of Irish family law with the commencement on January 1st of the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010. (Snappy title, eh?) The Act provides for the recognition by the State of same-sex unions and also confers [...]
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PRICING IN QUALITY YOU CAN TRUST
Tuesday, August 24th, 2010
I read Conor Pope’s article on legal fees in yesterday’s Irish Times with interest. In fairness to him, bearing in mind the level of analysis that a piece of that length will bear, I though his treatment of the subject was pretty reasonable and balanced. That said, there are two points which, [...]
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A WAKE-UP CALL FOR UNMARRIED FATHERS
Thursday, July 1st, 2010
A recent decision of the High Court delivered on 28th April last received quite a bit of attention in the media at the time and has been described as a wake up call for unmarried fathers of young children. It certainly is. The outcome of the case demonstrates that unless unmarried fathers [...]
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