Author Archives: Edward McGarr
MRSA –Legal Burden of Proof?
There is however a practice permitting the reversal of the burden of proof in some circumstances.
Insurance Anxiety
The case was clearly of a type relished by lawyers as witnessed by this:
Where’s my Indemnity?
In commercial life the next worse thing to finding you have no insurance is to find that your insurer is trying to welsh on the insurance contract.
Inequality of Arms
Litigation anywhere can be ruinously expensive.
Power to the People?
I recommend reading âPower to the People?â? by Hughes, Clancy, Harris and Beetham published by TASC at New Island. It is a source book for information on Irish society not otherwise readily available in one place and often not available elsewhere. Of current note is the role of âthe Voluntary & Community Pillarâ? in the making of the various national agreements between the âsocial partnersâ?. Those partners always included the Government, the Trade Unions and the Employer representative bodies. Only […]
Constituencies Constitutional Challenge – Costs (no bad PILL)
7. PILL means “Public Interest Law & Litigation”. A person litigating such a public law issue, in the interest of all, should be awarded costs, and usually is.
Don’t ring us; we’ll ring you
The mobile phone is of great benefit to humanity.
Reversing Roche
Before the honeymoon was over the Green Party found out what their new partner in government was like.
MRSA Conference (3)
The conference is in the Edmund Burke theatre in the Arts block of Trinity College, Dublin. It’s running late on schedule, probably due to the change of venue from Emmett to Burke theatre.
Irish criminal charge
In Ireland, until 1737, indictments were presented to the accused in latin. The repealing act was 11 Geo. II, c.6.