McGarr Solicitors
Office arrangements during Coronavirus circumstance
Our office will implement an increase in remote working from Monday 16th March. You can still reach us on 01-6351580 and by email on [email protected] and our individual email addresses. Post will be checked regularly, but wherever possible we would ask that communications be sent by email. These changes have been introduced in response to the government’s advice on social distancing. Please allow for any disruption we experience in the first few days, as we bed these processes down.
McGarr Solicitors finalists for Personal Injury/Medical Negligence Law Firm of the Year
It’s always nice to get a little nod of recognition for the work you do. So we’re very pleased to announce that McGarr Solicitors have been nominated as finalists in the Travelers Irish Law Awards in the category of Personal Injury/ Medical Negligence Law Firm of the Year. What makes the recognition of our work sweeter was the quote from our client in the nomination. “You trusted me when I came to see you and I had nothing but my […]
Office Notice: Closed due to Storm Emma, reopening Monday
For the safety of our staff and clients, our office is closed today, Friday 2nd March, due to the snowstorm. We will reopen on Monday 5th March as usual. In the meantime, we’re still contactable by email on [email protected]
Holiday Arrangements
The office will be closed from 3.30pm today. We will reopen on the 6th January 2014. Please feel free to email us, as all emails will be priority in the new year. In the meantime, have a great Christmas.
The Actio Popularis, Aarhus Convention and class actions in Ireland
Ireland currently has a limited form of class action. It is the “actio popularis”. It is not like the US form of class action; it is not of direct benefit to individual members of the public. They get the benefit when they are in the class that benefits from the judgment. They do not simply lodge their claim for compensation, say. The Irish courts have accepted “actio popularis” claims in only one such proceedings; Digital Rights Ireland Ltd. v The […]
Moods
We are a firm of lawyers. Our website should deal with legal subjects. Hopefully, we do not lapse from that rule and, without going to the trouble of conducting an audit, we think we do not. It’s a broad rule and allows us to write (polemically if necessary) about such diverse topics as road accidents, accidents at work, medical negligence, planning act infringements and fingerprints. We could, if necessary, even comment on Bilbo Baggins’ contract with the dwarves at the […]
All Comms now working smoothly
All our phone, fax and email systems are back working again. Thank you for your patience. At the moment all Internet, phone and fax service to and from our office is broken. Our Comms provider thinks that they will have the matter solved today. We’ll update this post when service has been restored.
Stop SOPA Ireland: We must have Openness, not murky backroom deals
You will have noticed the black banner across the top of our site this week. You may also have noticed the sudden flurry of media appearances and debates on radio around the issue of Minister of State Sean Sherlock’s plan to introduce a law to allow the music labels (and other copyright holders) to seek injunctions forcing Irish ISPs to block access to sites they don’t like. “I will introduce this imminently, by the end of January.”– Minister Sherlock, Sunday […]
Sean Quinn’s losses
We now know that the losses in Quinn Insurance Limited were on the UK insurance business and that much of those losses were on professional indemnity policies for UK solicitors.
Du.. Du.. Dubonnet!
Our plaintiffs, Catherine Murphy and Finian McGrath failed in their challenge to defend democratic principles; Pearse Doherty has not.