News
- 1 December 2012
Christmas Gathering at MLRC 14th Dec 2012
MLRC were delighted to invite friends, volunteers, funders, organisations and agencies working in partnership with Mercy Law Resource Centre to our Christmas Gathering on the 14th December 2012. Staff and Board members were on hand to welcome and inform all who attended about the work of MLRC over the course of 2012. The venue was […]
- 27 November 2012
Blog, 23rd Nov 2012
During the course of our work, offering legal advice to individuals who have found themselves in difficulties, we are seeing more people returning to Ireland who find themselves struggling to find either the assistance or the information they need to establish their new life in Ireland. MRLC works in partnership with NGO’s and organisations advocating […]
- 24 November 2012
Kinsella -v- Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Co Co [2012]
Judgment Title: Kinsella -v- Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council Neutral Citation: 2012 IEHC 344 High Court Record Number: 2012 62 JR Date of Delivery: 07/31/2012 Court: High Court Composition of Court: Judgment by: Hogan J. Status of Judgment: Approved NEUTRAL CITATION NUMBER [2012] IEHC 344 THE HIGH COURT JUDICIAL REVIEW [2012 No. 62 J.R.] […]
- 12 November 2012
Blog, 9th Nov 2012
MLRC is delighted to welcome a number of new staff and volunteers to our team. Sabrina Comerford solicitor has recently joined us for a three month period to the end of December 2012. Sabrina trained as a Solicitor in Malcomson Law Solicitors and qualified in 2008. She has worked in both the Carlow and Dublin […]
- 6 November 2012
Blog 2nd Nov 2012
Here are details of some of our current cases. Many of us have traditionally been of the view that homelessness affects a certain type of person or indeed arises as a result of certain factors or circumstances. Working in MLRC we regularly find that the traditional stereotypes are far from factual reality. In many instances […]
- 24 October 2012
Donegan -v- DCC & Gallagher v DCC [2012]
The Supreme Court has ruled in Donegan v DCC & Gallagher v DCC that section 62 of the Housing Act 1966 (eviction procedure for Local Authority tenancies) is incompatible with Article 8 (right to respect for private and family life) of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) as it fails to provide procedural protections […]
- 2 October 2012
Blog 28th Sept 2012
High Court Judicial Review Kinsella – v – Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown County Council Neutral Citation: 2012 IEHC 344 HIGH COURT JUDICIAL REVIEW Record No: 2012 62 JR BETWEEN LISA KINSELLA […]
- 12 September 2012
Blog 31st Aug 2012
MLRC has New Offices MLRC has been resident in the Sophia Housing complex on Cork Street since our inception in 2009. We are very grateful for their support as we benefit from access to low cost accommodation and utilities. Sophia Housing has recently facilitated MLRC’s move to larger premises at Cork Street. Substantial upgrading work […]