E60 The Fifth Court

Interlocutors, Peter Leonard BL and Mark Tottenham BL, put the CEO of the Corporate Enforcement Authority, Ian Drennan, under the spotlight.

An accountant, Ian worked on the infamous DIRT inquiry during his time with the Comptroller and Auditor General's office and he discusses those times. In 2002 he moved to the nascent Office of Director of Corporate Enforcement, that now employs 80 people. He details the difference between the two bodies, the CEA and ODCE. The CEA has the powers of search, seizure and arrest that may come as a surprise to some. Ian's office receive up to 800 company liquidator reports a year and each one has to be examined, and challenged where appropriate. In about a third of the cases they review, further investigation may be merited.

He recommends a book, Administrative Law Nutshell that gives a comprehensive overview of Irish administrative law.

And as always Mark and Peter also look at three recent high profile cases from the Decisis Law Reports casebook

• In the first case, it concerns an Isaac Wunder order, an order issued restricting the ability of a vexatious litigant to institute legal proceedings without leave from that or another court, whether for a specified period of time or indefinitely. (Named after Isaac Wunder, an Irishman who became notorious for instituting a number of actions that were subsequently deemed by the court to be frivolous or vexatious)
• The 2nd case is a labour law case where a fireman claimed he was working during his time being on 'standby'. Spoiler. You're not working while you're waiting by the telephone for that 'call to action' call.
• A case where there was a delay of three and a half years in 'road rage' proceedings was deemed acceptable by the High Court.

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