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However, the history of Ireland is replete with times and periods when very real domestic threats of terrorism existed. Frequently, the Four Courts was the scene of forensic points of conflict between the State and an irregular armed power.

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Wigs

I have never known of a solicitor to wear such a wig or to have been required to wear one. The same was not true of barristers. The Rules of the Superior Courts did require a barrister to wear such a wig. In other words, the Oireachtas had to intervene to prevent the Rules committee from persisting in that reuirement.

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The Committee for Public Safety hasn’t gone away, you know

What springs to mind is the challenge in trying explain the issue to the Irish Supreme Court (or any court) if the need arose.

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All’s fair in love and war

I have written elsewhere that legal proceedings are not a search for truth. Nevertheless, in legal proceedings, as in war, there are limits to restrain the parties.

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When did you stop beating your wife?

Giving evidence carries risk.

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Mr. Chairman

Presently, the new Chairman of the Bar Council will be known. So what; who cares? To be the Chairman of the Bar Council is to rise to obscurity, excepting the possibility of judicial preferment later, on the strength of its occupation. Yes, indeed, few people care, excepting the candidates and, possibly, their partners. The Bar Council of Ireland makes no reference to the Chairman on its website, unlike the Bar of England and Wales. That website gives at least one […]

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More sex

Little did I know, when I remarked on the enduring confusion generated by sex that prima facie evidence would spring up so quickly.

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Maison d’Or

The judgment did not deal with the liability of the insolvent contractor, who, the evidence showed, had entered into a loan agreement with the architects, following the awarding of the work to the contractor, for the loan of £10,000 to them, without the knowledge of the Employer/Plaintiff.

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Professional Sex

What cannot be denied is that sexual standards differ between the sexes, and, probably, professions. Few would defend a doctor who had a sexual relationship with a patient. The issue is, of course, abuse of power.

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Barristers

He was a fetid Mass, that offended his Neighbours at the Bar in the sharpest degree.

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