Legally Fond

About Legally Fond

The podcast which makes law simple. In each episode, Pierce, Alex and Gavin tell the story of a significant legal case, discussing the personalities, the courtroom drama and the implications. Its your way to get up to speed with the law without needing a law degree! Legally Fond is in association with LawSchool.ie.

Publisher

Gavin Dowd

Category

news · society & culture · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

31 Jan 2020

Latest episode

14 May 2021

Latest episodes

43 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   14 May 2021

   Did You Win Our Free FE1 Revision Course?

   We reveal the winner of our FE1/King's Inns entrance exam revision course with thanks to LawSchool.ie...

2. 

   6 May 2021

   West Cork - Speaking to Ian Bailey's Defence Solicitor

   In the final episode of Legally Fond, Gavin speaks to Frank Buttimer, the solicitor of Ian Bailey. Ian was a suspect in the 1996 murder of Sophie Toscan Du Plantier. The French government tried to extradite him three times to France, the country Ms Toscan Du Plantier was from. However, the Irish courts prevented this three times. In 2019, Ian was found guilty of her murder in a court in Paris despite having never been present at the trial.

3. 

   28 Apr 2021

   The Mahon Tribunal - Corruption in Irish Politics

   In this week’s episode the team explain and discuss the functions of tribunals. How do they differ from regular courts of law? What protection is afforded to those who are the subjects of a tribunal’s inquiry? Pierce, Gavin, and Alex share their thoughts on these questions and more by looking at one of the longest running and most expensive legal exercises in the history of the State: The Tribunal of Inquiry into Certain Planning Matters and Payments, more commonly known as ‘The Mahon Tribuna...

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