Category: Law

The overlooked rights in the Enoch Burke case

There has been a great deal of comment about the jailed schoolteacher Enoch Burke’s rights. His right to freedom of speech, freedom of expression and rights in respect of his religion. I have seen first-hand comments about freedom of speech and persecution on religious grounds on my YouTube channel, my Facebook page, Twitter, TikTok and… Continue reading The overlooked rights in the Enoch Burke case

The comments on my Enoch Burke videos are frightening

I have published a number of videos on my YouTube channel about the jailed schoolteacher, Enoch Burke and his imprisonment in Mountjoy prison for contempt of court and breach of a court order. The most recent one was this week when I reported of Burke’s pleading in the High Court to be released for Christmas.… Continue reading The comments on my Enoch Burke videos are frightening

The frustrations of conveyancing

I do quite a bit of conveyancing-property transactions-in my solicitor’s practice in Enfield. One of the repeated frustrations I experience in the conveyancing process is the misdirected expectations of the client, especially when the client is a first-time buyer. She will swallow whole whatever she is told by third parties such as mortgage brokers, estate… Continue reading The frustrations of conveyancing

Free legal advice

The number of persons who contact me on the various social media sites, and by email, looking for free advice would surprise you. People seem to assume that because I pump out useful free content on various legal and business topics that I will advise them for free when they contact me. That is not… Continue reading Free legal advice

Getting an “opportunity to gather your skirts” in the High Court

You will often come across some choice, entertaining language in the judgments of various judges of the higher courts. Sometimes it will be archaic and old fashioned and from a different time and place. But the phrase or words are so descriptive that you immediately understand what is meant by the phrase. I was reading… Continue reading Getting an “opportunity to gather your skirts” in the High Court

Letting emotions influence legal disputes-avoid this mistake

When emotions detrimentally influence legal disputes and rows it is usually the employee who is too invested in the dispute to make cool, rational, sensible decisions concerning their issue or problem. Usually.  Occasionally, however, you come across an employer who is too emotionally invested to do the right thing. He or she will be an… Continue reading Letting emotions influence legal disputes-avoid this mistake

Trump moving closer to a big, orange jumpsuit?

Donald Trump appears to have moved closer to a big-assed orange jumpsuit. The Department of Justice in the United States have appointed a special counsel to investigate Trump’s alleged crimes. And this guy is a career prosecutor who has prosecuted war crimes in Kosovo at The Hague. Trump has immediately sprung into action and has… Continue reading Trump moving closer to a big, orange jumpsuit?

The Shane O’Farrell affair-accountability is demanded and overdue

On the RTE radio news yesterday evening I listened to a shocking story concerning the failure of the justice system in Ireland. The speakers were the mother and sister of a young man, Shane O’Farrell, from County Monaghan who was knocked down off his bicycle and killed by a motorist eleven years ago now. Shane… Continue reading The Shane O’Farrell affair-accountability is demanded and overdue