Archive for July 2021

Reform of the Fair Deal Scheme

You might have heard recent media commentary on the changes to the fair deal scheme. The changes are set out in the Nursing Home Support Scheme (Amendment) Act 2021. This was signed by the President on the 22nd of July and will come into effect 90 days after which by my reckoning (with a little…

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Do foreign gifts aggregate?

It’s summer and some of you are thinking of holidays. As a qualified professional you carefully curate your presents for staff in the office when coming back from holidays and would never think of grabbing in the duty free a box of inedible toffee and a lighter that plays the Macarena. But thinking of foreign…

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Administration of Vodafone and Verizon Shares

I’m not sure where you were in 1999 at the time of the eircom floatation. But everyone piled in, because no-one could lose. Then everyone got burnt, but then everyone piled into property because no-one could lose, but then everyone got burnt. Etc etc . . .However . . .Dogecoin . . now that’s different!!…

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Does a will witness need to be over 18?

Now that school is over, your thoughts are turning to summer holidays and ways of occupying the munchkins. While there are many useful occupations for children in the office (photocopying, answering the phone, preparing batches of section 72 declarations that nobody will read) you might be thinking to yourself, “Well, maybe the kids could come…

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