The Fifth Court

E39 The Fifth Court, Dr. Ian Marder, Maynooth University, Restorative Justice On 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...

E38 The Fifth Court, presented by Peter Leonard BL and Mark Tottenham BL David 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...

E 37 The Fifth Court Peter 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...

E 36 The Fifth Court Presenters Mark Tottenham BL and Peter Leonard BL discuss the latest in copyright law with Glen Gibbons SC who has just published the third edition of his textbook on the subject of copyright. If you don't know what an Anton Piller order is...stay listening. You'll also learn why the word 'probably' may be deemed to be copyright protected. He also touches on Pat McDonagh V McD...

E35 The Fifth Court Michael O'Higgins SC, probably the best known barrister in the country asks 'But is it justice..?' Presented by Peter Leonard BL and Mark Tottenham BL An incredible story covering Michael's time as a journalist with Hot Press and Magill magazines. Being told by Magill publisher Vincent Browne that he 'didn't want any writing' and 'Read the Daily Telegraph'. His interview with a...

E34 The Fifth Court Presenters Peter Leonard BL and Mark Tottenham BL delve into the infamous Eileen Flynn case. Though only dating back to the 1980s, the expert on this case, Dr. Donal Coffey, Ass Prof of Law at NUI Maynooth, explains the facts and the fall out of a teacher who was fired for living with a married man. It sounds like another Ireland but this all happened just forty years ago. Fasc...

EPISODE 33 The Fifth Court - Rocker Noel Gallagher is quoted as saying that ‘I think things were better pre-internet, I think that’s a fact’. He may be correct. Because, on this episode we discuss some upcoming landmark cases involving GDPR On E33 it’s co-presenter Peter Leonard BL who dragged the Noel Gallagher quote from the recesses of his mind, he and Mark Tottenham BL, the Law Society aw...

EPISODE 32 The Fifth Court - What?? You’ve never heard of Chief Baron Palles?? Many across the world still live by some of this incredible Irish judge’s rulings On E32, presenters Peter Leonard BL and Mark Tottenham BL talk to Professor Oonagh Breen and Dr. Noel McGrath BL, of the Sutherland School of Law at UCD, about the truly incredible Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer, Christopher Palles...

E31 - The Fifth Court Presented by Peter Leonard, BL and Mark Tottenham BL 21'.30" "In recent weeks the DPP cannot get Senior Counsel to act in criminal cases, I'm assuming because their fees, relative to other work, are so low." - Luigi Rea, BL Luigi Rea BL (joined the profession in 1977 and Darren Lalor BL (2015) join our hosts Peter Leonard and Mark Tottenham to talk about the 'burning issue' i...

E30 The Fifth Court Retired Supreme Court judge, John MacMenamin joins our hosts Peter Leonard BL and Mark Tottenham BL to talk about what he says is 'the best job in the world', his time in UCD, his colleagues in law including Rory O'Hanlon and James O'Reilly. He reveals he has been doing some research in the British Library, that may or may not lead to a history book. He comments on the use of A...

Barrister Daithí Mac Cárthaigh, who teaches the Irish language course at the Kings Inns. He explains how the current system of translation of Oireachtas bills and subsequent Acts operates and he talks about opportunities for law graduates who are fluent in Gaeilge (24th official language of the EU) in Ireland, Luxembourg and Brussels. He says that the Irish language is a useful 'in' to the officia...

The claim is that 'The presence of Wikipedia can be spotted to a measurable degree in Irish High Court judgements', according to an academic study by Dr. Brian Flanagan (NUI Maynooth) et al. Brian put his case on Episode 26 of The Fifth Court. On E28 Mr. Justice Richard Humphreys of the High Court strongly rebuts Brian's assertion, in an interview with Mark Tottenham. Not too often you'll hear a H...

Son of George Carman QC (RIP 2001), Dominic Carman, talks to Peter Leonard and Mark Tottenham about his father, at one time one of the biggest names in the British legal system (he defended British Liberal leader, Jeremy Thorpe). He starts by giving his perspective on the growth of international legal firms in Ireland. He predicts larger Irish firms will merge or be taken over...he has a report du...

E26 The Fifth Court Dr. Brian Flanagan, Assoc. Professor of Law at NUI Maynooth, on the purported influence of Wikipedia articles on decision making by Irish High Court judges. The Fifth Court is open to any judge who would like to have their views heard on this issue. Brian's cultural recommendation for lawyers - the movie, A Few Good Men We also have our three Decisis.ie cases that includes; Ano...

On E25 of The Fifth Court presenters Peter Leonard BL and Mark Tottenham BL are joined by solicitor Fred Logue, founder of a Dublin based law firm, FP Logue. They specialise in environment, technology, data protection and information law. Fred is well-known for taking on high-profile cases such as one based on the 'Trichet letter' and the 'NAMA access to information' case. Access to environmental...

E24 The Fifth Court Presenters Mark Tottenham BL and Peter Leonard BL start by discussing three cases from the Decisis.ie vault, one involving Enoch Burke, another is an asylum case and finally a personal injuries case involving a knife attack on a bus driver. This episode's interview is with Cork based solicitor and SC, Bill Holohan, a larger than life figure in legal circles. He joins The Fifth...

E23 The Fifth Court top team starts, as usual, with 3 cases from the Decisis.ie casebook. 7.00" Cian O'Carroll, Cashel based solicitor, known for his work on cervical screening cases, particularly the Vicky Phelan case that moved a nation. He discusses his views on medical negligence cases. He is candidly open about the tragic 1990 death of his father, a shocking occurrence that that led him away...

"British justice is a confidence trick" World renowned barrister Geoffrey Robertson, KC, author of several books including his most recent, Lawfare, 'How Russians, the Rich and the Government try to prevent free speech' - how the defamation laws are being used by the super-rich to cover up wrong doing. He says 'Britain doesn't have free speech, it has expensive speech'. He recommends allowing juri...

E21 The Fifth Court features Martin Canny BL, talking about the new edition (3rd) of his essential handbook on the Statutes of Limitations just published. A CPD course in less than 40 minutes! And our dynamic duo discuss three cases from the Decisis.ie casebook. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosts Peter Leonard BL and Mark Tottenham BL talks all things Labour Court with retired chairman and barrister, Kevin Duffy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Fifth Court barrister team of Peter Leonard and Mark Tottenham are joined by medical consultant. Declan Keane, obstetrician, gynaecologist and former Master of the National Maternity Hospital talking about expert witness use in negligence and other medical cases. Our dynamic duo also discuss three more cases from the Decisis.ie casebook One case involving citizenship rights Another, an appeal...

Attending at The Fifth Court E18 are barrister Ciara Dowd BL and Aileen Curry, Partner at Curry & Hickey Solicitors who discuss the new Assisted Decision Making Act that will replace existing statutes concerning Wards of Court and Enduring Power of Attorney. And as always we start with three cases from the Decisis.ie casebook A family law case involving Ireland and Pakistan and allegations of...

The Fifth Court Presenters Peter Leonard BL and Mark Tottenham BL (and editor of Decisis.ie) discuss three cases from the Decisis.ie casebook including an application involving 'winterization' of boglands where a windfarm was situated. Was the development authorised or not? The judge decides. Secondly, Conor McGregor defamation case where McGregor used 'abusive and vulgar' language. But, did this...

E16 The Fifth Court, Dr. Neil Maddox BL and lecturer in law at NUI Maynooth talks about the law around vaccines, vaccinations as well as giving us the history of previous Anti-Vax movements. Our dynamic duo of presenters Mark Tottenham BL and Peter Leonard BL also discuss three cases from the Decisis.ie casebook including; A curious extradition case involving two different or additional charges A...

E15 The Fifth Court Ireland's Legal Podcast, presented by Mark Tottenham BL and Peter Leonard BL Three cases from the Decisis.ie casebook - the first regarding a contract and the fallout from Covid. The second, a dispute about contaminated molasses involving Glanbia. The third, an extradition case to Lithuania. The Big Interview is with Ted Harding SC, former editor of the Sunday Business Post who...