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RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY – Binding Contract

What is required for a binding contract is sometimes overlooked by the unwary and even a practiced property investor can sometimes be tripped up. Even if you do the deal and shake hands with the selling agent and he takes a payment off you for the booking deposit...

Correcting Errors in the Land Registry

The Registration of Title Act 1964 established the Land Registry system for maintaining a record of ownership of land in this country. All new transfers of land must be registered with the Land Registry. The Registrar of Titles is appointed by the Government to run...
Judges Take a Knife to Victims

Judges Take a Knife to Victims

  The publication of the latest “Personal Injuries Guidelines” which was adopted by the Judicial Council on the 6th of March 2021 is a not simply a slap in the face of victims.  It is more like an aggravated violent assault with sharpened knives. I am surprised...
FBD Business Interruption Case

FBD Business Interruption Case

In this article, I try to summarise the recent FBD business interruption insurance policy judgment.   The case Hyper Trust Limited Trading As the Leopardstown Inn and FBD Insurance plc  and linked cases ran before Judge Denis McDonald in the Commercial Court...
Insurers Trying to Avoid Business Interruption Claims

Insurers Trying to Avoid Business Interruption Claims

In the midst of the covid-19 pandemic, it seems that insurers are back to business as usual – trying to avoid business interruption claims.  A number of insurance companies provide business interruption cover to business who have paid premiums for years in the...

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