Author: Terry Gorry

High Court only for “paupers and multi-millionaires”

The President of the High Court, Mr Justice Peter Kelly, opined a few years ago that only “paupers and millionaires” could afford to litigate in the High Court. A recently retired Judge, Deirdre Murphy, says that that quote should now be amended to “paupers and multimillionaires”. At a recent talk she made some interesting observations… Continue reading High Court only for “paupers and multi-millionaires”

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No need for new laws to protect the homes of politicians

The disgraceful so-called protest outside Roderick O’Gorman’s private home this week has prompted the Minister for Justice to make comment about new legislation to prevent protesting at the private homes of politicians, and other public figures. She could save herself a lot of angst and soul searching if she checked out the statute books to… Continue reading No need for new laws to protect the homes of politicians

Termination of a commercial lease by forfeiture

You would expect that the forfeiture of a commercial lease would be a straightforward process. You would think that if a commercial tenant/lessee is in breach of a condition of the lease, for example not paying the rent, then forfeiture would be a fast, straightforward process. Not so. Forfeiting a commercial lease is difficult and… Continue reading Termination of a commercial lease by forfeiture

Do disclaimers and qualifications in structural surveys render them worthless?

I made a video recently about getting a structural survey done when you are buying a second-hand house. We would always recommend but the purpose of the video was to explain that the survey is not a title document or a legal document per se. For this reason, any questions arising from it should be… Continue reading Do disclaimers and qualifications in structural surveys render them worthless?

Finding a good audio solution for motovlogging-why?

I’ve spent the last few weeks trying to find a good audio solution for doing videos or vlogs from my Vespa scooter. The biggest problems confronting anyone doing “motovlogging” are I was out yesterday testing a Sony Lavalier microphone. That is a little mic I can feed into the helmet and which you might usually… Continue reading Finding a good audio solution for motovlogging-why?

I shouldn’t be surprised

I shouldn’t be surprised at this stage. It’s probably a reflection of the way I was brought up when it came to telling the truth. I can’ t understand people arranging consultations with me to get legal advice. Then the proceed to tell me only 50% of the story. It happened again recently. The lady… Continue reading I shouldn’t be surprised

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