The Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 was a major change in how Irish law deals with people where their capacity to make decisions about their personal welfare, property, and financial affairs has been impacted in some way. Ten years after the Act was passed by the Oireachtas, and two years after its operation commenced, it […]
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Redress scheme needed for illegal adoption cases
1 June 2018
Rossa McMahon writes in today’s Irish Examiner about some of the legal issues arising out of the illegal adoptions story. Taoiseach Leo Varadkar … says the sense he has from the people affected is that they are looking for information, not money. This is a convenient attitude for the Government to take, but the reality […]

How to change your name
27 August 2015
Confusion often surrounds what legal steps are required to change your name. In fact, for adults, it is quite simple: you change your name by using the new name. No further legal formalities are required. Difficulties arise, however, in having organisations like banks and state agencies accept the new name. For that reason, a deed […]