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Our Specialities
Conveyancing
We deal primarily with residential property development and advise a wide variety of clients including first time buyers, clients doing re-mortgages, developers, financial institutions, retailers, property development companies. We also advise landlords and tenants on letting agreements.
Area's of advice
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Residential Conveyancing - buying, selling and mortgaging of residential and investment property, purchase of a site and negotiating a building contract etc
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Planning and development matters
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Ensuring a good marketable title is acquired and registration is completed.
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Advising lending institutions in relation to transfer of title, reconstitution of title, vacating mortgages, processing discharges and partial releases.
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Licensing issues for hotels, public houses etc.
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Landlord & Tenant - leases and tenancy/letting agreements etc.
Family Law
We act for spouses, parents, guardians and children in relation to separation and divorce, custody and access, guardianship and family support. We also advise on the financial consequences of marital breakdown and on disputes relating to property, business interests and trusts.
Area’s of advice
Dealing with Divorce and Judicial Separations.
Separation Agreements (by negotiation)
Barring Orders (in circumstances of family violence)
Advising on and implementing the division of property and property rights, as well as pensions.
Access, maintenance and all ancillary applications.
Guardianship, Custody and Care of Children.
Personal Injury
We strive to achieve the best possible result for our clients, be it through negotiation and settlement or trial, in as short a time as possible. While the recent introduction of the Personal Injuries Assessment Board has purported to reduce the involvement of the Courts system in personal injury litigation, it has been our experience that clients value our professional experience and advice when dealing with the often traumatic period following an accident and the bureaucracy that can surround making a claim. We represent clients in all courts from District to Supreme Court, throughout the country and in relation to the Personal Injuries Assessment Board.
Areas of advice
Personal Injuries litigation (injuries arising from road accidents, injuries in work place and more recently medical negligence cases)
Assisting claimants in respect of Personal Injuries Assessment Board applications, personal injury claims to the courts, etc.
Advising clients in respect of contract disputes.
Product liability.
Regulatory disputes.
Property and construction disputes.
Trust and succession law.
Defamation of Character;
Trespass to the Person and onto lands; Injunctions, Property Disputes etc.
Commercial Litigation.
Probate
Making a will is important if an individual wants to ensure that his or her estate devolves in accordance with the person's wishes. We also focus on the work required after a death, in ensuring that the wishes expressed in a will are carried out, that the beneficiaries obtain their due inheritance and effecting the change of ownership of property where that is required.
Area’s of advice
Drafting and making wills.
The preservation, management and transfer of wealth and the passing of assets to successors in a tax efficient manner
Advising with regard to drawing up codocils to Wills.
Administering estates and distributing assets.
Estate planning and trust management
Disputes concerning wills and trusts
Enduring powers of attorney, wardship and protection schemes
Criminal law
Our years of practice have given us wide reaching experience in dealing with all aspects of the criminal law process. We continuously handle a large volume of cases and clients, which requires the most effective use of the legal process. Our criminal law service covers the representation of clients covering every aspect of Criminal Defence; Areas of advice
• Public order offences.
• Misuse of drugs offences – Drugs possession, drugs trafficking
• Larceny – Theft & fraud, aggravated robbery
• Violent crimes including assault and sexual offences
• Driving offences – Drink driving, speeding, dangerous driving, careless driving, driving without insurance etc.
• Garda station call out – emergency advice, understanding of rights, procedural review of charges & claimed facts.
• General counsel – Prosecution, defense, sentencing.
Employment Law
We provide timely advice and assistance in managing complex employment law problems to minimise the risk of claims by advising employers and employees in respect of employment rights and obligations. The law has never before placed such restrictions and burdens on employers as exist now. Equally, in our ever faster and pressurised business environment, bullying, harassment and stress claims are significantly increasing.
Area's of advice
Drafting and advising on contracts of employment
Preparing of and advising on disciplinary and grievance procedures
Preparing/reviewing of employee handbooks
Advising on termination of employment, including disciplinary hearings and redundancy rights and structures
Drafting and advising on post-termination restrictive covenants
Dismissal by way of breach of contract at common law and unfair dismissal claims
Bullying, harassment and stress claims
Employment equality and discrimination.
Advising on the impact of transfer of undertakings regulations on business transfers
Representing clients at all tribunals and courts
Injunctions
Industrial relation disputes.
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