E72 The Fifth Court with @Mark Tottenham BL and @Peter Leonard BL were invited to attend a conference in Dublin Castle celebrating 100 years of Irish courts

Part 1. Our hosts interviewed Mr. Justice Gerard Hogan and Prof. Diarmaid Ferriter of UCD discussing the founding of the Irish courts system post British rule, how politicians had to 'tread softly' to keep some of the more conservative lawyers on side, how referrals to the British Privy Council were ended, and on a lighter note, whether Mr. Justice Hogan would have preferred to the Brehon Law type robes that had been mooted!

The two host also discuss three more cases from the Decisis.ie casebook

• The first case involved a non-compete clause where a senior staff member joined a rival company.
• The second High Court case is a Succession Acts case and a dispute involving three siblings and a question over signatures on disclaimers
• The third case is a Defamation action involving businessman Declan Ganley and news outlet CNN

With thanks to Clio Legal Software

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