Dillon Solicitors go back to college! On Wednesday last, four of the of the Solicitors from the office, Brendan Dillon, Pauline Horkan, Niall MacCarthy and Lorna McArdle visited UCD to give a talk on a wide variety of issues including Wills, Enduring Powers of Attorney, sale and purchases of property and remortgage of […]
The Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2019 On the 4th June 2019, parts of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2019 became effective, which introduced a number of amendments to the current residential tenancies legislation It’s aim is to give more rights to tenants. Landlords and Tenants should make themselves aware of the amendments. […]
Existence of judicial separation – not a bar to a party bringing nullity proceedings In a recent decision of Judge Leonie Reynolds in AR v DR the wife argued that her husband could not bring nullity proceedings in circumstances where the parties had been judicially separated. She also claimed that her husband was estopped […]
Circumstances where court will review previously agreed terms In a recent case of KC v TC the High Court were asked to revise a previously agreed division of sale proceeds of a property with the applicant claiming that the proceeds were insufficient to make proper provision. However, the court held that the difference […]
Important case on significance of previously required assets In a recent High Court Case of DE v FG (January 2019) Judge Binchy set out some interesting statements in relation to assets acquired by one of the parties prior to marriage. When the matter came before the court the children of the marriage were […]
High Court Judge reaffirms the factors to be considered by the court In a recent judicial separation hearing of AOM V FOM Judge Binchy went through the factors set out in section 20 of the Family Law Act 1995 in determining the financial provision orders to be made as part of his order. In […]
Governing Legislation – The Patient Safety Bill 2018; Guide to Professional Conduct and Ethics 2016 Ed. Medical Council of Ireland The Patient Safety Bill 2018 – This is a Bill passed in 2018 which requires mandatory open disclosure of serious reportable patient safety incidents, notification of reportable incidents, clinical audit to improve […]
Dillon Solicitors win at Irish Law Awards for the 3rd time in 4 years We are delighted to announce that we have been successful at the Irish Law Awards This year we won the Excellence in Marketing and Communication award. We were shortlisted along with 7 other firms and needless to say, delighted to win. […]
New 2 Year Period for Divorce Now Official The President has signed the 38th amendment of the Constitution (dissolution of marriage) bill of 2006. This means that the 2 year period as a reduction of a 4 year period for separated parties to be entitled to make an application for divorce has now been reduced […]
We are delighted to announce that the firm has been shortlisted in the 3 categories in which we entered for the Irish Law Awards 2019 :- Family Law Firm team of the Year Communications and Marketing Award Dublin Law Firm of the Year. The announcement of the winners will be made at a gala dinner/ […]
Dillon Solicitors go back to college!12th July 2019 - 8:20 amThe Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 20199th July 2019 - 8:34 amExistence of judicial separation – not a bar to a party bringing nullity proceedings28th June 2019 - 8:24 amCircumstances where court will review previously agreed terms28th June 2019 - 8:21 am