Legal Advice

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  ‘I separated from my wife 20 years ago and moved away. Now I hear she has sold a field we co-owned, behind my back. How do I check? What can I do?’

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  ‘Dad changed his will and left everything to his carer. We think he was taken advantage of. What can we do?’

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  Legal advice: ‘My parents left me money in their will but my brother never told me. Can I sue him?’

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  ‘I separated from my husband 20 years ago and took a cash settlement. But I recently inherited a farm and I fear he could come after it. What should I do?’

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  ‘I was pressured into transferring our family farm to our son before my husband died – and our daughters got nothing. I feel guilty. What can I do?’

  

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  ‘I suspect my son is putting green diesel in the family car and I’m afraid of getting caught. How can I stop him?’

  

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  ‘The noise from our neighbour’s new wind turbine is making our lives a misery. What can we do?’

  

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  Legal advice: ‘My parents are leaving me the farm as a sort of family reconciliation deal but I don’t wish to accept. What can I do?’

  

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  ‘I’m due to inherit part of my uncle’s farm but my aunt has stalled the process for seven years because her son is farming the land. What can I do?’

  

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  ‘A piece of my land is accessible via a laneway owned by a neighbour. Is it still worth registering a right of way?’

  

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  ‘I shook hands on a deal with a local farmer to buy 2ac for my ponies. I built stables on my property... but now he is backing out. What can I do?’

  

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  ‘My granny said she’d leave me her house, but my aunt has the same name as me and the will isn’t clear. My aunt insists it should be hers – what can I do?’

  

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  ‘I’m leaving my husband but I’ve put a lot of money into the farm and I want some of it back’

  

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  ‘I think my sibling forged a lease for the family farm after our mother died. As an executor of the will, what can I do?’

  

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  My late friend’s sibling is trying to change her will, and I’m an executor. Should I be worried?

  

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  ‘I’m thinking of divorcing my husband of 50 years because he won’t leave our youngest son anything in his will’

  

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  ‘I twice paid a garage several thousand euro to fix the clutch on my jeep and it has gone again. What can I do?’

  

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  ‘Our brother died without a will, and his widow wants to sell the family farm. Can we stop her?’

  

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  ‘Road traffic is causing our stone walls to collapse into our fields. Can we make the council repair them?’

  

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  Legal advice: ‘I think my dad’s angel dust conviction is hindering my career. Has he the right to be forgotten?’

  

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  ‘There’s a proposal to build a wind farm beside my land. Can I get compensation? Can I oppose it?’

  

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  Legal advice: ‘My aunt’s insurance company won’t pay out after fire destroyed a farm shed. What can we do?’

  

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  Legal advice: ‘I farmed all my life with my brother, who died without a will. Now my other brother – who never lifted a finger on the farm – says his son should get a share of our land’

  

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  Legal advice: I never thought I’d fall out with my cousin over a septic tank, what can I do?

  

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  Our neighbour’s slurry spreading is ruining our new country idyll. Can we make him stop?

  

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  ‘I’ve been doing contracting work for this farmer for two years and he won’t pay me. What can I do?’

  

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  ‘My late father told me he would leave me two old houses on the farm. But the will seems to say my brother gets one of them. Can you challenge a will?’

  

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  ‘How do I report my neighbour for illegally removing hedgerows, without him knowing it was me?’

  

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  ‘The vet took a quick look at my sick prize sheepdog and said he was fine. The dog died that night. Can I sue?’

  

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