Neighbours and Boundary Issues
The writer, GK Chesterton, said “your next door neighbour is not a man; he is an environment; he is the barking of a dog; he is the noise of a piano; he is a dispute about a party wall; he is drains that are worse than yours, or roses that are better than yours”. Whatever […]
My employment and company in receivership. Questions & Answers
I work for a company that has gone into receivership. There are rumours that the Receiver intends to sell part of the business to raise funds. What will happen to my job if that part of the business I am working for is sold? How can I find out more information about the transfer? If […]
Property Question & Answer
Question: I have been living at my current address for the past 20 years. The property consists of a dwelling house on approximately a half acre of ground. The house was left to me by my father in his Will who died 20 years ago. My father had lived in the house for all of […]
Road Traffic Act 2011
The Road Traffic Act 2011 was signed into Law on the 27th April 2011 and became effective from the 1st June 2011. This Act makes significant amendments to two sections of the 1994 Road Traffic Act, dealing with mandatory roadside testing and the taking of specimens in Hospital. Mandatory Roadside Testing With regard to the […]
Capital Gains Tax
Capital Gains Tax was introduced into Irish Law along with Capital Acquisitions Tax on the 6th of April, 1974. On the same date various other taxes known Death Duties were abolished. There have been many changes to Capital Gains Tax since then but the basic idea of the tax is that it is a tax […]
Is Big Brother Watching?
When do Data Protection laws apply and what are they? You have certain rights to data protection when personal information about you is held by a business on a computer, in manual form or on paper as part of a filing system, or is made up of photographs or video recordings of your image or […]
Sweet 16
I am 16 years old and my boyfriend wants to buy me a tattoo for Christmas. I really want to get one on my lower back but I know my parents will go ballistic if they hear this!! Am I legally entitled to get one or do I need my parent’s permission? If the answer […]
Finance Bill 2011
The enactment of the Finance Bill next week will no doubt be an extremely messy affair in a month where Irish politics hit new lows. With possibly the biggest political upheaval since the foundation of the state on the cards the last act of the current government is to push through the Finance Bill, enacting […]
Budget Focus: Education, Farming and Inheritance
In this week’s article we take a look at some of the specific changes that occurred in the budget relating to education, farming and inheritance. This week’s budget was keenly anticipated and dreaded across the country. There were cuts and increased taxation across the board. While many of the main changes, such as the €8 […]
Loan guarantor. Question & Answer
Question – My granddaughter has just completed her University degree this year and fortunately she has found employment. In the course of her University studies, she drew down a loan from our local Credit Union in respect of which I went guarantor. My granddaughter’s earnings currently are not substantial and for this reason, she is […]