HOMS sponsor Women’s Rights Conference
HOMS were delighted to sponsor the Women's Right Conference at the University of Limerick, on November 25th 2013, held by the University of Limerick Student Law Society. The conference was ...
HOMS Excel Again in the Legal Quality Standard
We are delighted with the results of our recent Legal Quality Standard audit and are particularly pleased that we have again been certified for the Q6000 Risk Management Legal Quality ...
New Child and Vulnerable Adults Protection Legislation
By Alice Steen, Knowledge Manager Child and vulnerable adult protection issues are increasingly at the forefront of media and government discussions. The government is in the process of enacting a ...
The Irish Solicitor’s Run-Off Fund
By Michael Murphy, Solicitor, Litigation Department Please note, the following information relates to firms that ceased in practice prior to 30th November, 2012 and entered the Run-off Fund for the ...
Further Fraudulent Claims Dismissed by the High Court
By Anna Owens, Solicitor, Litigation Department In our last newsletter, issue 2 2012, Tríona Walsh, Solicitor, highlighted a case where the High Court dismissed a deliberately exaggerated claim under section ...
Health and Safety – the Big Picture
Recent case law in the field of health and safety law show that failings by directors and senior management of companies are increasingly leading to the criminal prosecution of not ...
HOMS Employees’ Charity Work
Thank you to all our employees who have recently organised charity events. Aisling Carr, Solicitor, Ita Barrett, Legal Executive, and Ailbhe Storan, Trainee Solicitor, held coffee and cakes mornings in ...
HOMS Employees’ Community Work
HOMS are committed to supporting and advising social enterprises and charitable concerns. We have recently been involved in advising Just Social and Occupy Space on a pro bono basis. Just ...
HOMS sponsors Limerick Chamber Regional Business Awards 2013
HOMS are proud to be one of the sponsors of the Limerick Chamber Regional Business Awards 2013. The aim of the awards is to “give businesses a platform to showcase ...
High Court Ruling on Undue Influence
By Frank Wall, Trainee Solicitor, Insolvency and Corporate Recovery Unit The High Court judgment of Mr. Justice Clarke in Ulster Bank Ireland Limited v Louis Roche & Another dealt, principally, ...