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E59 The Fifth Court - The Future of Legal Practice Summit, Part II, The Law Society of Ireland, Sonia McEntee & David Peters
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E59 The Fifth Court
The Future of Legal Practice Summit, Part 2, at The Law Society of Ireland
Our award winning podcasters, Peter Leonard, BL and Mark Tottenham BL, are joined by solicitors Sonia McEntee (Cavan based) and David Peters (based in Nenagh, Tipperary) to discuss the very real threat to the legal profession in rural Ireland. In this second part of their interview from the Legal Practice Summit they tackle issues such as access to justice as local courts are closed. Peter seems to hark back to the Tipperary town court, that was warmed by a turf fire, but sadly now closed! David Peters correlates the closure of local courthouses with the ending of local legal practices, leading to 'legal deserts' as he calls them. There's also some frustration with the rising level of regulation required of smaller practices. These views lead on to some terrific questions from the floor of the Summit...with so much engagement the session had to be extended. Terrific.
And as always our dynamic duo start with three recent cases from the Decisis.ie casebook
- The first case involves an application to annul a bankruptcy but an action requiring a 'duty of candour' which may not have been met.
- The second case involved a Notary Public and the requirement that they be 'available'. But how available is available?
- The third case is about a planning issue in County Meath, involving the 2014 County Development Plan.
Sign up for your own personal copy of the podcast at TheFifthCourt.com
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90 episodes
Manage episode 398360789 series 3410920
E59 The Fifth Court
The Future of Legal Practice Summit, Part 2, at The Law Society of Ireland
Our award winning podcasters, Peter Leonard, BL and Mark Tottenham BL, are joined by solicitors Sonia McEntee (Cavan based) and David Peters (based in Nenagh, Tipperary) to discuss the very real threat to the legal profession in rural Ireland. In this second part of their interview from the Legal Practice Summit they tackle issues such as access to justice as local courts are closed. Peter seems to hark back to the Tipperary town court, that was warmed by a turf fire, but sadly now closed! David Peters correlates the closure of local courthouses with the ending of local legal practices, leading to 'legal deserts' as he calls them. There's also some frustration with the rising level of regulation required of smaller practices. These views lead on to some terrific questions from the floor of the Summit...with so much engagement the session had to be extended. Terrific.
And as always our dynamic duo start with three recent cases from the Decisis.ie casebook
- The first case involves an application to annul a bankruptcy but an action requiring a 'duty of candour' which may not have been met.
- The second case involved a Notary Public and the requirement that they be 'available'. But how available is available?
- The third case is about a planning issue in County Meath, involving the 2014 County Development Plan.
Sign up for your own personal copy of the podcast at TheFifthCourt.com
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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