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Updates on the Discharge Process and Wardship

As you would be aware we are now in the new regime with respect to capacity. In relation to wardship ...
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Early Reflections on the new EPA system

The new EPA system is upon us and we practitioners are adjusting to the new regime. I am currently attending ...
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Intestacy and s. 117 (Part 2)

We know now that there is no s. 117 claim in the case of intestacy. We looked last week at ...
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Intestacy and s. 117 (Children of Civil Partners)

A s. 117 claim cannot arise in the case of intestacy. However there are some exceptions. In particular s. 67A(3), ...
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Next of kin and Intestacy (Part 3)

We had looked previously at how to calculate next of kin. We concluded that the rule could be dangerously summarised ...
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Intestacy and Next of Kin (Part 2)

We previously looked at some of the closer relationships when it comes to next of kin and intestacy. In this ...
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Assisted Decision-Making Implementation

I recently spoke to the senior officer in the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth about the implementation ...
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Intestacy and Next of Kin (Part 1)

There tends to be a degree of mystery among practitioners in dealing with estates where there is no obvious or ...
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Intestacy and Step-Children

I was recently instructed by John (not his real name). He was the son of Mark and Nuala. Mark and ...
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Per Stirpes Distribution – Grand nephews/nieces

Last week we looked at the impact of the per-stirpes rule when it comes to children. Today we are looking ...
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Per Stirpes – Great-grandchildren

Just following on from our recap on the per stirpes rule, I just wanted to share a recent experience which ...
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Per Stirpes Rules – The Basics

We all know the per stirpes rule, or think we know it in any event. We further know that it ...
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