Category: News & Updates
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Family Courts Bill 2022
The Family Courts Bill 2022 (“the Bill”) is currently before Seanad Eireann Third Stage. The Bill provides for the establishment of a Family High Court, Family Circuit Court and Family District Court as divisions within the existing Court structures as part of a proposed major reform of the family law service generally. The stated aim…
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Teagasc – Transferring the Family Farm
Vivienne Ring, Conveyancing Partner and Aislinn Collins, Associate Solicitor were delighted to be invited to and attend the Teagasc meeting and clinic on ‘Transferring the Family Farm’ at the Celtic Ross Hotel yesterday, the 4th October 2023. The meeting and clinic presented by Teagasc was very informative and both solicitors were delighted to meet and…
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Elizabeth Murphy Solicitor to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in aid of Cancer Connect
All at Wolfe & Co LLP are wishing the very best of luck to our own Elizabeth Murphy Solicitor as she takes on the challenge of climbing Mount Kilimanjaro this week in aid of Cancer Connect. Read about her story in the Southern Star Newspaper here: https://www.southernstar.ie/life/liz-going-to-new-heights-to-defy-breast-cancer-4270246
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Listen: Alana Nolan Solicitor speaks to PJ Coogan on the Opinion Line
Family Row over Wills – Alana Nolan Solicitor recently spoke with PJ Coogan on the 96fm Opinion Line about what can be done when there is family strife over wills. Listen back here: https://shows.acast.com/corks-96-fm-opinion-line/episodes/family-row-over-wills-what-to-do
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Opinion Piece – Solicitors are not ‘hired guns’
The Law Society Gazette is a legal news website which is circulated to legal professionals all over Ireland. It recently published an article concerning a review that was published by Britain’s Solicitors Regulation Authority showing that some law firms in Britain need to do more to guard against the risk of strategic lawsuits against public…
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Congratulations to our Managing Partner
Huge congratulations are in order for the Wolfe & Co LLP Managing Partner Helen Collins for being appointed by the Supreme Court as a Notary Public. Helen is pictured above at her recent graduation ceremony in the Law Society of Ireland with the Chief Justice, The Honorable Mr. Justice Donal O’Donnell. Helen Collins is a…
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International Women’s Day
Wolfe & Co LLP Solicitors are celebrating all of our strong, intelligent and powerful women today and every day. The Law Society of Ireland are today marking 100 years since the first female Solicitor was entered on to the Roll. What a journey it has been.
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Breaking News: A worrying update in respect of Pension Adjustment Orders
New EU regulations have prompted companies to move their pension schemes to a master trust which manages multiple pension schemes and are an attractive option for companies as the increased risk and compliance costs can be spread across all of the participating employers using the trust. “Why does this affect me?”, I hear you ask.…
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Congratulations to our newly qualified solicitor
Aislinn Collins, who has been with the firm since 2017 and who many of our clients will already know, has been admitted to the Roll of Solicitors. Aislinn graduated from the University of Limerick with an honours degree in Law Plus in 2015. She continued to study and achieved a post-graduate honours degree in Law…
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Anne Phillips
Anne Phillips has been appointed associate with Wolfe & Co. solicitors on Market Street in Skibbereen. Anne graduated from University College Dublin with a BA Degree in Economics and English. Having studied French and Law at the Sorbonne and American University of Paris respectively, Anne studied for her Post Graduate Diploma in Law at the…