Sherwin O’Riordan has been shortlisted as a finalist for the AIB Private Banking Irish Law Awards 2017 in the Litigation Law Firm/Lawyer of the Year category. Now in their 6th year, the awards aim to identify, honour, and publicise outstanding achievements, while also recognising those who have dedicated their lives to serving in the legal profession.

When Good Service isn’t [good] enough.  - €6,971,856.49 Judgment set aside due to debtor’s mental illness

As companies like Uber, AirBNB, Deliveroo and others continue to disrupt traditional business practices, SOR Solicitors examine the impact of the “on demand" economy on employment law in Ireland.

A study from a UK based employment agency highlighted that one of the major issues for employment law action is workers failing to read their contracts.

The Court of Appeal in Permanent TSB PLC v David Langan has given its long-awaited Judgment on two conflicting High Court decisions regarding the jurisdiction of the Circuit Court to hear repossession proceedings in the first instance. The Judgement was delivered by Mr. Justice Gerard Hogan on the 28th July 2016 and it was unanimously held that the Circuit Court no longer has jurisdiction to hear repossession cases where the property is defined as not rateable within the meaning of the Valuation Act 2001. The initial confusion stems from two different High Court decisions in Bank of Ireland Mortgage Bank v Finnegan and Bank of Ireland Mortgage Bank v Hanley respectively.