The Fifth Court - Ireland's legal podcast

E42 The Fifth Court - presenters Mark Tottenham BL and Peter Leonard BL, talk to solicitors Patricia Hickey and Gary Lee (who says some very nice things about both podcast and presenters!) of the Irish Courts Service about a new, important, initiative to make the service more accessible and inclusive for people with a wide range of disabilities.We learn about the nuances of wardship in law and the widening of criteria of what comes under wardship. With changes in the law, adult cases will be removed from wardship in three years, but children wardship will continue.We learn about the Ballymun Community Law Centre (there were no private law practices in Ballymun (pop. 25,000) before the Law Centre opened 21 years ago.How the Law Society of Ireland deals with different types of lawyers makes for interesting listening.The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting, Evanna Lynch, is Patricia's choice of a 'legal related' bookA Netflix documentary called Crip Camp, on Netflix, is Gary's choice. He also recommends the play, 'No Magic Pill', by Christian O'Reilly. Listen to learn about all three.And, as usual, there's a discussion regarding three Higher Court decisions from the Decisis.ie casebook.DPP nolle prosequi regarding 151 plus indecent assaults, where accused (71) tried to have the trial stopped by way of judicial reviewMother given sentence for sexual offences against her son. The mother appealed the sentence. The sentence was changed.A hunger strike case. What circumstances are necessary for a prison authority to step in and 'force feed' a prisoner for the prisoner's own well-being? A most interesting decision.

E41 The Fifth Court - Part Two of two parts recorded at the Electric Picnic festival where the crowd chanted 'Ooh, aah, Up the Fifth Court!'On this second part, we concentrate on the actual trial of Patrick Magee.Presenters Peter Leonard BL and Mark Tottenham BL interview Rory Carroll author and staff correspondent at The Guardian newspaper.He has just published his latest book 'Killing Thatcher: The IRA, the Manhunt and the Long War on the Crown'. It tells the story of how the Irish Republican Army planted a bomb that exploded at 2:54 a.m. on October 1984, the last day of that year's British Conservative  Party  Conference at the Grand Hotel, Brighton, England. An audacious attempt to wipe out the entire British government, it came astonishingly close to killing the Iron Lady.There's also discussion of two more cases from the Decisis.ie casebook;The first case concerns a construction contract payment disputeA second case regarding the disposal of a firearm used in a murder 

E40 The Fifth Court - Part One of two parts recorded at the Electric Picnic festival. Ooh, aah, Up the Fifth Court!Presenters Peter Leonard BL and Mark Tottenham BL interview Rory Carroll author and staff correspondent at The Guardian newspaper.He has just published his latest book 'Killing Thatcher: The IRA, the Manhunt and the Long War on the Crown'. It tells the story of how the Irish Republican Army planted a bomb that exploded at 2:54 a.m. on October 1984, the last day of that year's British Conservative  Party  Conference at the Grand Hotel, Brighton, England. An audacious attempt to wipe out the entire British government, it came astonishingly close to killing the Iron Lady. There's also discussion of two cases from the Decisis.ie casebook; One case concerns the custody of a Ukrainian child and the Hague ConventionThe second case is a constitutional case concerning an action of the sexual crime of defilement. 

E39 The Fifth Court, Dr. Ian Marder, Maynooth University, Restorative JusticeOn this episode, Ian Marder talks to hosts Peter Leonard BL and Mark Tottenham BL about the development of restorative justice and restorative practices in criminal justice. His work explores how to reduce the harm caused by crime and criminal justice, and how to identify, communicate and implement humane, evidence-based ways to meet citizen and professional needs in the justice context. And, as usual, Peter and Mark discuss three fresh cases from the Decicis.ie casebook. including:A case concerning a claim that a receiver may have been wrongfully appointed to disputed farmlandA dispute over public procurement involving a party who failed to win a contractAnd, a claim regarding injuries incurred on a Sri Lankan cycling holiday.Sign up to receive your episode episodes directly from www.TheFifthCourt.com

E38 The Fifth Court, presented by Peter Leonard BL and Mark Tottenham BLDavid McKechnie, High Performance, Leadership and Executive Coach & Trainer, talks about life after law. Former commercial law solicitor 'knocked it all on the head' and decided to pursue a work life outside of law as a proponent of NLP, neuro-linguistic programming. He explains 'how he managed to get out of law'.Plus we have three more intriguing legal cases from the Decisis.ie casebook including A forfeiture order in a criminal proceedings.A case involving journalistic privilegeAnd a case where a doctor was prescribing drugs incorrectly

E 37 The Fifth CourtPeter Leonard BL and Mark Tottenham BL ask recently retired High Court judge Deirdre Murphy why she thinks there are too many barristers in the Irish legal system, why she dislikes large law firms, why the State should adopt the model litigant role, what she thinks of the Ireland for Law concept.She tells the terrific story where a judge delivered a 'judgement of Solomon' in a family law case which was very clever indeed.Ms Justice Murphy was appointed to the High Court in 2014 and retired in March 2023. She previously practised as a barrister, called to the Bar in 1979 {she did a lot of fisheries law] and became a senior counsel in 1999To fund her studies she worked in arts administration, at the then Oscar Theatre in Sandymount, now a Sikh Temple.There's also a discussion about three interesting cases from the Decisis.ie casebooka case involving the refusal of critical skills employmenta ward of court case and whether a detention was it legitimatea case in the construction sector concerning a contractSign up at www.TheFifthCourt.com for your own personal copy of the podcast.