Gerry McGrath Van Der Elst The “Van der Elst visa” originated from a European Court of Justice (ECJ) case known as “Van der Elst” in 1994. A non-EEA national who is lawfully resident and legally employed in another EU member state may be allowed to work on a temporary basis for that employer in the State without … Read more
We are delighted to announce the new partners of McGrath Mullan LLP: Elaine O’Sullivan, Eoghan McMahon, Hannah Clinton, and Taise Azevedo from 1st of August 2023. Elaine O’Sullivan qualified as a Solicitor in 2017, she specialises in immigration law, judicial review, and surrogacy law. Holding an LLB in Law and European Studies and an LLM … Read more
The eagerly awaited Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 came into effect on the 26th of April 2023. The Act presumes that every adult has the capacity to make decisions, unless determined otherwise and seeks to improve decision-making supports and maximise a person’s capacity to make decisions, now or in the future. Under the Act, a … Read more
Our firm had a major success in the Supreme Court recently. The five-member court overturned the decisions of the High Court and Court of Appeal in our judicial review application on behalf of our (now 9-year-old) client. Our client had been denied Irish citizenship on the basis that his father’s refugee permission had been revoked … Read more
The residential tenancies board can order landlords to pay damages where the landlord fails to maintain the structure and interior of the dwelling to a standard which meets the Housing Standards Regulations. In the case of Alison Stone (tenant) v Kevin Conroy (landlord), the tribunal ordered Mr Conroy to pay €15,000 for damages for multiple … Read more
