Author Archives: Edward McGarr
The more things change…
Little did I know, when I remarked on the tendency for the very institution, presumed to oversee a situation, to be suborned and used directly contrary to its purpose, that prima facie evidence of such prominence would spring up so quickly.
Whales cannot be swallowed
The medical profession has long known that it is cheaper to kill than to maim.
The Dog Ate My Homework!
The academic world can be tough.
An Unpleasant Discovery
hat some members of the Irish High Court currently make orders for the provision of, effectively, “general discovery�? is superior anecdotal evidence to the reflections flowing from Brooks Thomas Ltd. V Impac Ltd. [1999] 1 I.L.R.M. They prefer to do justice than to respect a dubious proposition simply because it is in a statutory instrument.
Public Procurement
These contracts are very valuable. They allow the person to whom the contract is awarded to, at the very least, pay the wages of the staff of the successful tendering company, say, during slack industry trading periods.
Clostridium difficile (2)
Now, as shown by an Irish Times report, he is still dealing with the problem and is reduced to writing to that very same hospital urging the appointment of a microbiologist.
Insufficient Evidence, Evidently
That wheeze, as we now know, also meant the âinvestorsâ? no longer knew the details of the mortgagor and whether he/she could make the repayments. That meant that very bad credit risks could be, and were, passed on as âinvestmentsâ?, resulting in the US sub-prime mortgage crash.
Maison d’Or
The judgment did not deal with the liability of the insolvent contractor, who, the evidence showed, had entered into a loan agreement with the architects, following the awarding of the work to the contractor, for the loan of £10,000 to them, without the knowledge of the Employer/Plaintiff.
Trouble in the Port Tunnel
The real news story of the Dublin Port Tunnel is not its faults; it is the role of the whistleblower/s.