E52 The Fifth Court

The world of arbitration in sport. Fantastic insight into the similarities and the differences between how the rules and regulations of different sporting codes are applied, both in Ireland and across the globe. Sports arbitration barristers Aoife Farrelly who has a major involvement with the GAA (and tug-of-war!) is joined by barrister Susan Ahern who has worked with World Rugby at the highest levels, as they explain penalties and processes to our hosts, Peter Leonard BL and Mark Tottenham BL.

Our two presenters also discuss three more recent cases from the Decisis.ie casebook

• A tax case involving the purchase of a super-trawler and its fish quota and whether the considerable investment could be written off as a capital expense. The Revenue Commissioners thought not but what did the judge decide?
• A case involving the 'assessment of need' by the HSE. This assessment was made without a full diagnosis. Again, it fell to the judge to decide what was the correct way of assessing a child.
• A case about domiciliary care allowances for the care of a child. Initially this payment was refused and lost again on appeal. Again, a judge was asked to adjudicate again.

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