by Mark Tottenham | Jun 9, 2017 | Uncategorized
(Originally published in Law Ireland, Volume 1, issue 4) One of the fears of a trial lawyer in preparing submissions is that he or she will have missed a recent judgment of direct relevance to the case at trial. But the task of keeping up-to-date with recent cases is...
by Mark Tottenham | Jun 9, 2017 | Uncategorized
(Originally published in Law Ireland, Volume 1, issue 5.) The power of a judge is awesome, in the literal sense of the word. In any society, somebody has to make the difficult decisions. When a couple separates, which parent should the children live with? When should...
by Mark Tottenham | Jun 9, 2017 | Uncategorized
(Originally published in Volume 1, issue 1 of Law Ireland.) Older colleagues at the bar have told me of a barrister named Bill Hurley. He was a former Group Captain in the RAF, who saw some action during the second World War. He was legendary for keeping meticulous...
by Mark Tottenham | Jun 9, 2017 | Uncategorized
(Originally published in Volume 1, issue 2, of Law Ireland. In the 1990s, with the increased accessibility of the internet and the development of the world wide web, a debate developed over whether this required a new type of law. It was suggested by Judge Frank H....
by Mark Tottenham | Jun 9, 2017 | Uncategorized
(Originally published in Volume 1, issue 3, of Law Ireland) This year marks the centenary of the completion of one of the most ambitious legal publishing projects ever: the first edition of The Law of England, being a complete statement of the whole law of...
