Legally Fond

Gavin Dowd
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Legally Fond

The podcast which makes law simple. In each episode, Pierce, Alex and Gavin tell the story of a significant legal case, discussing the personalities, the courtroom drama and the implications. Its your way to get up to speed with the law without needing a law degree! Legally Fond is in association with LawSchool.ie.

  1. 2021. 05. 14. · 보너스

    Did You Win Our Free FE1 Revision Course?

    We reveal the winner of our FE1/King's Inns entrance exam revision course with thanks to LawSchool.ie...

    2분

  2. 2021. 05. 06.

    West Cork - Speaking to Ian Bailey's Defence Solicitor

    In the final episode of Legally Fond, Gavin speaks to Frank Buttimer, the solicitor of Ian Bailey. Ian was a suspect in the 1996 murder of Sophie Toscan Du Plantier. The French government tried to extradite him three times to France, the country Ms Toscan Du Plantier was from. However, the Irish courts prevented this three times. In 2019, Ian was found guilty of her murder in a court in Paris despite having never been present at the trial.

    35분
  3. The Mahon Tribunal - Corruption in Irish Politics

    2021. 04. 28.

    The Mahon Tribunal - Corruption in Irish Politics

    In this week’s episode the team explain and discuss the functions of tribunals. How do they differ from regular courts of law? What protection is afforded to those who are the subjects of a tribunal’s inquiry? Pierce, Gavin, and Alex share their thoughts on these questions and more by looking at one of the longest running and most expensive legal exercises in the history of the State: The Tribunal of Inquiry into Certain Planning Matters and Payments, more commonly known as ‘The Mahon Tribuna...

    25분
  4. Having Their Cake And Eating It - The Gay Cake Case

    2021. 04. 21.

    Having Their Cake And Eating It - The Gay Cake Case

    In this week’s episode, Gavin, Pierce and Alex discuss the UK Supreme Court judgment in Lee v Ashers Baking Company. This case, known colloquially as the 'gay cake case' concerned alleged discrimination over a refusal to print a pro-gay marriage message on a cake. To what end can a business refuse to cater to a customer and on what grounds? Does free speech extend to a freedom to refuse to say something? Are such entitlements applicable to a business? Are beloved puppets Bert and Ernie ...

    21분
  5. The Irishman Whose Case Got Uber Drivers Recognised As Workers

    2021. 04. 14.

    The Irishman Whose Case Got Uber Drivers Recognised As Workers

    "We didn't change the law, we didn't make the law. All we did was assert the law." In this week's episode of Legally Fond, you'll hear an interview with former Uber driver James Farrar who was one of the lead claimants in the recent Supreme Court case which established that Uber drivers are workers under English Law. This judgment means, among other things, that Uber drivers are entitled to be paid the national minimum wage. Irishman Farrar discusses how he came to take this case, his thought...

    31분
  6. Should All Political Parties Get Equal Airtime?

    2021. 04. 07.

    Should All Political Parties Get Equal Airtime?

    This week on Legally Fond, Pierce, Gavin and Alex tackle the topic of impartial political coverage by RTE by examining the case of Coughlan v Broad Complaints Commission. The case concerns the state broadcaster’s engagement with the issues of the 1995 Divorce referendum. The team explain what uncontested party-political broadcasts are and why they may be controversial. How important is it for RTE to afford equal airtime to both sides of the debate in a national referendum? What are the conseq...

    26분
  7. The Not So Smooth Criminal

    2021. 03. 31.

    The Not So Smooth Criminal

    We discuss the case of a man who left his car unattended on Dublin's Talbot Street with the engine running. The car was subsequently stolen and collided with a pedestrian. The injured pedestrian sued the owner of the car for his negligence in leaving the car open and running on a busy city street. But was it foreseeable that the car thief would drive so carelessly as to hit a pedestrian?

    17분
  8. Doctor Knows Best - Jehova's Witnesses and Blood Transfusions

    2021. 03. 24.

    Doctor Knows Best - Jehova's Witnesses and Blood Transfusions

    In this week’s episode of Legally Fond the team look at a case concerning a High Court decision to allow a blood transfusion to be administered to a woman who had previously refused it on religious grounds. Gavin, Pierce and Alex pick apart constitutional concerns, questions regarding capacity and examine the delicate exercise of rights balancing that the courts must master. How far does someone’s right to religious expression extend? Is it ever okay for clinicians to disregard the express wi...

    25분
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The podcast which makes law simple. In each episode, Pierce, Alex and Gavin tell the story of a significant legal case, discussing the personalities, the courtroom drama and the implications. Its your way to get up to speed with the law without needing a law degree! Legally Fond is in association with LawSchool.ie.

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    Gavin Dowd
  • 방송 연도
    2020년 - 2021년
  • 에피소드
    43
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    © 2023 Gavin Dowd, Alex MacDonnell and Pierce O'Meara
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