Writing on Irish family law
Twenty articles in four collections, written from practice: how farms, companies, pensions and cross-border wealth are actually dealt with in Irish divorce and separation.
Inherited holdings, valuations, partnerships and keeping the farm intact.
How Irish family courts treat inherited farmland in divorce: the different category principle, length of marriage, contributions and structuring provision around the holding.
What the non-owning spouse on an Irish farm should know in separation: how homemaker and farm contributions are weighed and how provision can be structured.
Agricultural land valuation in Irish family law: land type, entitlements, development potential, going concern versus break-up value, and testing the other side's valuer.
Separation where the farm is held in a registered farm partnership or company, or where a son or daughter already farms: how third-party structures affect provision.
The menu of orders Irish courts can use in farm divorces instead of ordering a sale: staged lump sums, property adjustment of non-core parcels, pensions and secured maintenance.
Company valuation, director disclosure and pension adjustment orders.
How private companies are valued in Irish divorce proceedings: maintainable earnings, multiples, minority discounts and the assumptions worth attacking.
Financial disclosure where a spouse controls a company: management accounts, directors' loans, related-party transfers and the discovery that reaches them.
Pension adjustment orders in Irish divorce and judicial separation: how designation works, retirement versus contingent benefits, transfer options and drafting pitfalls.
Small self-administered schemes and personal retirement bonds in Irish divorce: property-holding pensions, valuation, liquidity and pension adjustment orders.
Transferring or retaining company shares in Irish separation and divorce: property adjustment orders, pre-emption rights, shareholder agreements and workable alternatives.
Forum, case progression, interim reliefs, reports and costs.
How to decide between the Circuit Family Court and the High Court for Irish divorce and judicial separation: thresholds, costs, procedure and strategy.
Case progression in Circuit Court family law: what the County Registrar deals with, what must be exchanged, and how to use the process rather than endure it.
Welfare reports in Irish family proceedings: section 47 of the Family Law Act 1995 and section 32 of the Guardianship of Infants Act 1964, and how parents should engage with assessors.
Interim applications in Irish family law: maintenance pending suit, orders freezing assets, occupation of the family home and protective orders while divorce proceedings run.
Legal costs in Irish divorce and family proceedings: what makes cases expensive, section 150 letters, who pays, and how preparation and settlement discipline control cost.
Foreign assets, jurisdiction after Brexit, trusts and finality.
Disclosing and pursuing foreign property, accounts and structures in Irish divorce: worldwide disclosure, tracing, enforcement abroad and settlement drafting.
How Brexit changed divorce jurisdiction and recognition between Ireland and the UK: habitual residence, parallel proceedings, recognition of decrees and maintenance enforcement.
Can a trust protect assets from divorce in Ireland? How courts treat discretionary trusts, variation of settlements, resources analysis and transfers into trust before proceedings.
Applications for further provision after Irish divorce and separation: when courts revisit settlements, the finality problem, and drafting full and final terms that hold.
Preparing a prenuptial agreement in Ireland where one party owns a farm or company: disclosure, independent advice, timing, review clauses and realistic expectations.