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What is bankruptcy

What is bankruptcy? All you need to know

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Tough times don’t last. Tough people do. Gregory Peck – American Actor   WHAT IS BANKRUPTCY? Bankruptcy is a legal process where an individual is declared unable to pay their Creditors. The property or assets of an individual, who is unable to pay their debts (called a Debtor) are transferred to be sold by a … Continued

Commercial contracts

Commercial Contracts: All You Need To Know

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“A contract is only as good as the people signing it.” Jeffrey Fry – American Author   WHAT ARE COMMERCIAL CONTRACTS? A commercial contract is a legally binding document that puts a party into a binding position either to do something or not to engage in the stated activity. It is used for businesses and … Continued

Employment law Jan 2021

Employment Law: All you need to know

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I mean, there’s no arguing. There is no anything. There is no beating around the bush. ‘You’re fired’ is a very strong term. – Donald Trump US President Employment Law Our Employment Law Solicitors can advise on the recent changes to employment law which in many cases mirror the changing working environment. Our Employment Law … Continued

Enduring Power of Attorney - a guide

Enduring Power of Attorney: A Guide

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Making an Enduring Power of Attorney allows you to choose the correct people to deal with your affairs in circumstances where you are no longer capable of doing so yourself.   WHAT IS AN ENDURING POWER OF ATTORNEY? An Enduring Power of Attorney is a signed and witnessed document that allows a client (Donor) to … Continued

Making a will

Making a will

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AN Other, in his last will and testament wrote: “To my first wife Mary, whom I always promised to mention in my will. Hello Mary! ” – Anonymous Under Brehon law, on a man’s death the general rule was that his property passes automatically to his dutiful sons or is divided amongst his kinsmen if … Continued

Medical negligence

Medical Negligence

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Fado, Fado, prior to English Rule, Ireland had its own indigenous legal System which dated from Celtic times and survived until in or around the 17th century known as Brehon law. Brehon law had developed from customs which had been passed on orally from one generation to the next. Under the Brehon law system three … Continued

Do not mock a pain that you have not endured

Do not mock a pain that you have not endured

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WHAT IS A PERSONAL INJURY A Personal injury* is the legal term for an injury or illness that has been caused or exasperated by someone else’s negligence. An injury of any kind can affect your quality of life. Being out of work as a result of injury may also affect your monthly household income. Personal … Continued

Donegal Democrat March

Sources Of Data Protection Law And The Emergence Of GDPR

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Technology is a useful Servant but a dangerous Master Christian Lous Lange, Norwegian politician in 1930     SOURCES OF DATA PROTECTION LAW AND THE EMERGENCE OF GDPR In the United States the legal discussion in relation to data protection is frequently linked to the Warren & Brandeis’s Legal article in 1890 entitled “The Right … Continued

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