Author Archives: Edward McGarr

Friday, April 18, 2008 By Edward McGarr

Bid Rigging

In: Construction law, Contract Law, Criminal Law
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It seems my post on bidding for public contrcts in the construction industry missed one element – bid-rigging.

Tuesday, April 15, 2008 By Edward McGarr

My Attorney General, Bernie

In: Criminal Law, International Law, Legal profession, UK Court
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Reading of Lord Goldsmithâs interventions in the BAE scandal brings to mind Blossom Dearieâs rendition of âMy Attorney Bernieâ?. Here are the words, but itâs essential to hear Blossom singing it to appreciate it. My Attorney Bernie (Words and Music by Dave Frishberg) I’m impressed, with my attorney Bernie I’m impressed, with his influential friends He’s got very big connections and I follow his directions Bernie knows his way around and so I always do what Bernie recommends. I am […]

Monday, April 14, 2008 By Edward McGarr

Mr. Chairman

In: Legal profession, Professions
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Presently, the new Chairman of the Bar Council will be known. So what; who cares? To be the Chairman of the Bar Council is to rise to obscurity, excepting the possibility of judicial preferment later, on the strength of its occupation. Yes, indeed, few people care, excepting the candidates and, possibly, their partners. The Bar Council of Ireland makes no reference to the Chairman on its website, unlike the Bar of England and Wales. That website gives at least one […]

Thursday, April 10, 2008 By Edward McGarr

At Swim Two Coves

In: General
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I have just learned of Fuzzy Logic, bringing me to read the Wikipedia article on Bart Kosko and am struck by the familiarity of it all. Surely Bart Kosko is a character created by Flann OâBrien? Evidence? Here it is: He is a leading researcher of fuzzy logic, neural networks, and noise, and author of several trade books and textbooks on these and related subjects..â? Kosko has a distinctive minimalist prose style, not even using commas in his last several […]

Wednesday, April 9, 2008 By Edward McGarr

Lazarus Ltd.

In: Company Law, Practice & Procedure
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However, the liquidator owes the creditors a duty to, generally, find and get in the assets of the company. The liquidator also is obliged to notify the creditors of the company of the fact of liquidation and to seek out the creditors. He cannot just wait for them to contact him. The duty of the liquidator is a statutory duty. The records of the company will be the source of information regarding claims against the company.

Tuesday, April 8, 2008 By Edward McGarr

Que sera, sera

In: High Court, Legal profession, Practice & Procedure
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Irish lawyers, arguably, are in denial.

Monday, April 7, 2008 By Edward McGarr

A life of the mind

In: Freedom of Expression, Solicitors
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Here in McGarr Solicitors (inhabitants of the USA, note; a solicitor is a lawyer), we spell “intellectual” with three els.

Friday, April 4, 2008 By Edward McGarr

Judge Roy Bean & friends

In: Criminal Law, UK Court
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In a criminal trial the role of the villain is always allocated to the accused, it seems.

Tuesday, April 1, 2008 By Edward McGarr

Swinging in the wind

In: Contract Law, Negligence, Practice & Procedure
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In fact a judicial system needs lawyers as much as any litigant.

Monday, March 31, 2008 By Edward McGarr

Class Actions?

In: Practice & Procedure
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This state of affairs is favourable to wrongdoers, especially corporate wrongdoers. To permit class actions is to admit that, often, individuals can have a reasonable prospect of justice against a modern corporation, or the state, only through the action of a collective.