Obiter Dicta

Digital Assets and Wills & Probate: Stephen Spierin on movable and immovable assets in succession law

Welcome back to Obiter Dicta after our summer break.

In this episode Grainne McMahon and Rachel Sherlock speak to Stephen Spierin, Barrister-at-Law about the growth of digital assets and their importance now in wills, the transmissibility of digital assets and testamentary capacity and the case of Banks v Goodfellow.

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Criminal Defence Representation Part 2: Yvonne Daly on the Importance of Early Advocacy and Attendance at Garda Stations

Welcome to another episode of Obiter Dicta, Bloomsbury Professional’s podcast on all things law and tax with Rachel Sherlock and Grainne McMahon.

In the second of a two part episode, we speak to Professor Yvonne Daly, co-author of Criminal Defence Representation at Garda Stations about the importance of attendance at Garda Stations, advocating for your client as early as possible and being cognisant of their needs and vulnerabilities in the situation.

 

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Criminal Defence Representation Part 1: Yvonne Daly on the Do’s, Don’t’s of Lawyering at the Garda Station

Welcome to another episode of Obiter Dicta, Bloomsbury Professional’s podcast on all things law and tax with Rachel Sherlock and Grainne McMahon.

In the first of a two part episode, we speak to Professor Yvonne Daly, co-author of Criminal Defence Representation at Garda Stations about the importance as a solicitor of attending at Garda Stations, how to navigate the difficulties that might arise there and how best to communicate with your client and Gardai.  

 

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Back on Track: Alan McGee, Solicitor and PIP on Personal Insolvency Law

Welcome to another episode of Obiter Dicta, Bloomsbury Professional’s podcast on all things law and tax, with Rachel Sherlock and Grainne McMahon.

In this episode we speak to Alan McGee, author of Personal Insolvency Law in Ireland, solicitor and Personal Insolvency Practitioner about the complex law of personal insolvency. Alan discusses recent High Court jurisprudence, debt resolution mechanisms and how this area of law can be used with family law to overcome problematic debt issues.

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Irish Banking and Finance Law

 

Briefing and Bias: Mark Tottenham on Expert Witness Evidence

Welcome to another episode of Obiter Dicta, Bloomsbury Professional’s podcast on all things law and tax, with Rachel Sherlock and Grainne McMahon.

In this episode we welcome Mark Tottenham back to the podcast. Mark is a barrister and co-author of A Guide to Expert Witness Evidence, along with authoring the annual Irish Tax Report on Bloomsbury Professional Online.

In our podcast discussion, Mark shares with us his knowledge of issues and cases surrounding expert witness evidence, his key tips in advising practitioners on briefing experts and his experience of writing the annual tax reports.

 

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Irish Tax

 

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Practice and Procedure Part 2: Benedict Ó Floinn on the Criminal Assets Bureau and Witness Protection Programme

Welcome to another episode of Obiter Dicta, Bloomsbury Professional’s podcast on all things law and tax with Rachel Sherlock and Grainne McMahon.

In the second of a two-part podcast with Senior Counsel and Bloomsbury author Benedict O’Floinn, he discusses his work with the Criminal Assets Bureau and the challenges around that, Ireland’s Witness Protection Progamme and whether as a barrister, he is a stickler for the rules.

 

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Irish Civil Litigation

Practice and Procedure: Benedict Ó Floinn on the Superior Court Rules Part 1

Practice and Procedure: Benedict Ó Floinn on the Superior Court Rules, important practice directions and the courts moving with times of technology

 

In the first of a two-part podcast with Senior Counsel and Bloomsbury author Benedict Ó Floinn, he takes us through the important and fundamental changes to the Superior Court rules, explains why the rules are ‘like the map to the engine room’ in terms of the running of the courts and gives us an insight into writing the new edition of his successful book Practice and Procedure in the Superior Courts, 13 years on.

Part two will follow in January 2023.

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Practical Probate: Author and Barrister Christopher Lehane on Succesion Law

Welcome to another episode of Obiter Dicta, Bloomsbury Professional’s podcast on all things law and tax with  Rachel Sherlock and  Grainne McMahon. We sit down with Christopher Lehane to discuss Section 117 applications, the 'dos and don'ts' of wills and dilatory executors.

Christopher Lehane is a practising barrister. He recently retired as an officer of the High Court where he served for 42 years, 22 years of which were spent in the Probate Office and 12 years as Official Assignee in Bankruptcy. He served as Deputy Probate Officer of Ireland for eight years and Assistant Probate Officer of Ireland for five years, administering probate law in Ireland. He was consultant on Probate law to Law Society for 15 years and lecturer at Griffith College Dublin in Executorship law for 11 years, teaching ACCA and CPA students.

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Medical Malpractice: Michael Boylan on navigating medical negligence law in Ireland - Part 2

Welcome to another episode of Obiter Dicta, Bloomsbury Professional’s podcast on all things law and tax with  Rachel Sherlock and  Grainne McMahon.

For this episode we are joined by Michael Boylan, author of Medical Negligence Litigation. In this the second part of our interview with him, he discusses constructive knowledge of injuries, how to manage cases where there is a limited life expectancy and dealing with leapfrog appeals.

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Medical Malpractice: Michael Boylan on navigating medical negligence law in Ireland - Part 1

Welcome to another episode of Obiter Dicta, Bloomsbury Professional’s podcast on all things law and tax with  Rachel Sherlock and  Grainne McMahon. For this episode we are joined by Michael Boylan, author of Medical Negligence Litigation. In this the first part of our interview with him, he speaks with us about why modular trials are not a good idea, importance of early disclosure and why medics are leaving themselves open to negligence claims.

Part two of this discussion coming in October

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