HSE ASSESSMENT OF NEEDS AND WAITING TIMES: COMPLAINTS PROCEDURE AND LEGAL REMEDIES. It is open to a person to submit a complaint in respect of the contents of their assessment of needs or service statement … Read More
Contesting A Will
CONTESTING A WILL ? RECENT CASELAW AND WILL CHALLENGES. When considering contesting a will, it is open to a party to a number of grounds including; contesting a Will on the basis that the Will … Read More
HOUSING ALLOCATIONS
HOUSING ALLOCATIONS: APPLICATIONS FOR SOCIAL HOUSING SUPPORT, MEDICAL PRIORITY AND APPEALS. Dublin City Council’s housing allocations report in January 2023 recorded 12,247 eligible applicants on the list for social housing support. Further figures outlined that … Read More
Critical Illness Protocol And Extended Paid Sick Leave: Legal Rights And Remedies
The Critical Illness Protocol is available to employees who become critically ill and because of that illness require an extended period of sick leave. The Civil Service HR Policy Division published a Critical Illness Protocol … Read More
Disability Law: Legal Rights, Assessment of Needs and Service Statements
If either you, your child or someone close to you is living with a disability, you may be able to apply to the Health Service Executive directly for an assessment of needs and service statement. … Read More
MOTHER AND BABY REDRESS SCHEME: ELIGIBILITY AND EXCLUSIONS
The Mother and Baby Institutions Redress Scheme has been approved by the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (“the Department”). The Scheme will include all children who were in Mother and Baby Institutions … Read More
INTERNET LAW: UNMASKING KEYBOARD WARRIORS IN THE DIGITAL AGE.
The anonymity of the internet can often be used as a mask behind which those who are intent on infringing the rights of others can do so while considering themselves beyond exposure. This may arise … Read More
DISCRIMINATORY DISMISSAL AND DISABILITY
A recent case of the Workplace Relations Commission in An Employer v An Employee ADJ-00019658 provides guidance on the law relating to discriminatory dismissal and disability. An employee who is dismissed by reason of their … Read More
A RIGHT TO AN IDENTITY? MOTHER AND BABY HOMES AND ACCESS TO BIRTH RECORDS
Is the right of access to birth records / information and a birth certificate a fundamental human right? The recent report published by the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation (“the report”) recommended that … Read More
DECIPHERING ALGORITHMS: LAW AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
In a recent claim in the United Kingdom concerning the use of algorithmic systems when applied to visa applications, the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (“the Claimant”) served judicial review proceedings on the … Read More