Response to the Keane Report – The wait and see approach is not enough
The continued ‘wait and see’ approach from the coalition is prolonging the pain of thousands of Irish mortgage holders – the Personal Insolvency Bill should be introduced as a matter of extreme urgency to provide struggling mortgage holders with the realistic option of declaring bankruptcy if their bank will not negotiate a write-down of their mortgages.
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Employment law – legal pitfalls when hiring new staff
A recent survey on the Employment Outlook of Ireland by the recruitment firm Manpower reveals that although employers in Ireland expect the labour market to remain muted they are now at their most optimistic since Quarter 3 2008. This is good news. Once this economic downturn has concluded employers will have to start hiring again. However, many employers may have forgotten about the legal pitfalls when hiring a new employee.
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A practical solution to debt forgiveness
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Irish Independent – Forgive them lender. . . for they know not what to do
Anthony Joyce was again quoted in the national media today, this time after speaking to Charlie Weston, the Personal Finance Editor of The Irish Independent.
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FORGIVE THEM LENDER . . . FOR THEY KNOW NOT WHAT TO DO
Galling for some, but mortgage debt forgiveness may be one of our best chances of getting the economy back on track
By Charlie Weston
Thursday July 28 2011
THE break-up of her relationship and pay cuts meant Jean could no longer afford to meet the mortgage payments on her own.
She had been paying it herself for two years after her former partner hit the road. But now it was getting to be too much and she was anxious to sell up, clear the mortgage and move on with her life.
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Landmark ruling on loophole to halt repossessions.
Yesterday we were involved in another landmark mortgage ruling for our clients who succeeded in having a repossession action by GE Money halted in the High Court inDublin. The ruling was based on a loophole we found with the introduction of the new Land and Conveyancing Act which created a loophole / lacuna for a certain number of cases which could halt hundreds of repossessions inIreland.
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Anthony Joyce on RTE Radio 1′s ‘Morning Ireland’
Anthony was interviewed on RTE again this morning for the breakfast show Morning Ireland, where he talked about the loophole in Irish law that relates to mortgage repossessions. This could now halt hundreds of repossessions for mortgages taken before the law change in 1st December, 2009.
Redress for the victims of the Magdelane Laundries
(For background on Magdelane laundries, the women who were sent there and the abuse that took place please click here)
In 2002, the Magdalene laundries were excluded from the State’s Residential Institutions Redress Act and consequently, Magdalene survivors were denied redress as they were unable to apply to the Residential Institutions Redress Board.
This exclusion has been widely criticised, principally because it is at total contrast to the Irish Government’s reaction to the Catholic Church sexual abuse scandal, which included several official inquiries, a state apology and a redress scheme for the survivors of abuse in state-funded, church run institutions.
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