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

Legal Costs and Access to the “Majesty of the Law”

Every week I receive an updated record of Court judgments from the Courts Service. Many of the decisions are uneventful and unremarkable. But two decisions caught my attention this week and both were concerned with legal costs. The first case involved Dana Rosemary Scallon and the defamation against her and TV3 by a mother and… Continue reading Legal Costs and Access to the “Majesty of the Law”