Author: Terry Gorry

Coworking space and shared offices-have you any experience?

If you know anything about coworking space I would love to hear your thoughts and experience, especially if you were involved in the provision of coworking space, shared desks, hot desks, meeting rooms. With the growth of hybrid working and so many people now having the opportunity to work from home for so many days… Continue reading Coworking space and shared offices-have you any experience?

Law awards versus Google reviews and new clients

Every year I see a spate of announcements from colleague and law firms who communicated the good news that they have been nominated for, or won, some award or other. There is an award dinner, and the attendees dress up nice and get their photographs taken and take selfies. Then they announce the good news… Continue reading Law awards versus Google reviews and new clients

Legal costs at the Workplace Relations Commission and Labour Court

I read at the weekend that Ammi Burke’s legal costs bill in respect of her failed High Court action against Arthur Cox Solicitors and the WRC could be in the region of €250,000. I do not know how accurate this figure is but it struck me that it was entirely avoidable if Ms Burke was… Continue reading Legal costs at the Workplace Relations Commission and Labour Court

The Burkes’ legal costs

The question of who pays the legal costs incurred in the various legal cases involving members of the Burke family is raised repeatedly online. In the civil cases involving Enoch Burke (versus Wilson’s Hospital School and Sunday Independent/Mediahuis) and Ammi Burke (versus WRC and Arthur Cox Solicitors) Enoch Burke and Ammi Burke represented themselves. So,… Continue reading The Burkes’ legal costs

What Enoch Burke supporters cannot understand about his defamation failure

Many Enoch Burke supporters, and others, cannot understand how or why he has lost his defamation case against the Sunday Independent if what they published was untrue. And it was untrue. The publisher accepted this, amended the record, and apologised. But the Judge explained that you need more than merely the publication of an untrue… Continue reading What Enoch Burke supporters cannot understand about his defamation failure

The common mistake with entrepreneurs and commercial leases

I’m working on a new lease for a client this morning. It is a typical new lease where my client is renewing their existing lease and signing a new deed of renunciation. Everything is straightforward as I have gone through the necessary pre-lease queries now and five years ago when I acted for the same… Continue reading The common mistake with entrepreneurs and commercial leases

Heading for 30,000 YouTube subscribers and doing it my way

I am heading for 30,000 YouTube subscribers to my YouTube channel. And one of the things that gives me great satisfaction about this milestone is that I have done it, to a large extent, my way. By this I mean the variety of subject matter I have covered on my channel to date does not… Continue reading Heading for 30,000 YouTube subscribers and doing it my way