The Fifth Court20 Sep 2023

E42 The Fifth Court - Patricia Hickey and Gary Lee, Irish Court Services making courts more inclusive

E42 The Fifth Court - presenters Mark Tottenham BL and Peter Leonard BL, talk to solicitors Patricia Hickey and Gary Lee (who says some very nice things about both podcast and presenters!) of the Irish Courts Service about a new, important, initiative to make the service more accessible and inclusive for people with a wide range of disabilities.

We learn about the nuances of wardship in law and the widening of criteria of what comes under wardship. With changes in the law, adult cases will be removed from wardship in three years, but children wardship will continue.

We learn about the Ballymun Community Law Centre (there were no private law practices in Ballymun (pop. 25,000) before the Law Centre opened 21 years ago.

How the Law Society of Ireland deals with different types of lawyers makes for interesting listening.

The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting, Evanna Lynch, is Patricia's choice of a 'legal related' book

A Netflix documentary called Crip Camp, on Netflix, is Gary's choice. He also recommends the play, 'No Magic Pill', by Christian O'Reilly. Listen to learn about all three.

And, as usual, there's a discussion regarding three Higher Court decisions from the Decisis.ie casebook.

DPP nolle prosequi regarding 151 plus indecent assaults, where accused (71) tried to have the trial stopped by way of judicial review
Mother given sentence for sexual offences against her son. The mother appealed the sentence. The sentence was changed.
A hunger strike case. What circumstances are necessary for a prison authority to step in and 'force feed' a prisoner for the prisoner's own well-being? A most interesting decision.

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