Legal Advice

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  ‘We don’t want to get bogged down in dispute with neighbours over boundaries on our family turf plot’

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  ‘Our new neighbour is trying to close off a right of way that’s been there for generations. Can he?’

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  ‘Our elderly dad is leaving the farm to us in his will. But his new wife says she is automatically entitled to a third of his estate so we will have to sell the land. Can this be true?’

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  ‘I rented a shed but now the landlord has locked me out – and I can’t get to my cattle. What can I do?’

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  ‘We paid €40,000 for a log cabin for my father – but now he’s in a home and my brother says the cabin is his’

  

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  ‘My accountant gave me bad advice and now I’ve been hit with a big tax bill. Can I sue him?’

  

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  ‘We want to sell our farm but our tenant – who hasn’t paid rent in years – claims he’s legally entitled to a new lease. I think he forged my late father’s signature’

  

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  ‘Our neighbour has blocked off a laneway we have used for 60 years, saying we are trespassing. What is our legal position?’

  

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  ‘My husband works on his family land – unlike his siblings – and his father says he’ll get the farm, but there’s nothing in writing. Should we be worried?’

  

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  ‘My mother told me before she died that she would make provisions for me. But my father won’t let me see her will. What can I do?’

  

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  Home economics: We inherited the family farm as tenants in common, but one of my siblings wants to sell – what now?

  

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  ‘My elderly mother says cash keeps going missing from her house – and the only people who visit are her carer, a neighbour and us siblings. What can I do?’

  

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  ‘A large pothole damaged my tyre – can I sue the council for not keeping the roads in good repair?’

  

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  ‘My brother inherited the family farm when our parents died – and now he wants to sell it, against the wishes they expressed. What can we do to stop him?’

  

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  ‘If my mother’s home help has an accident on our property, are they covered by the farm insurance?’

  

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  ‘I let my neighbours use my farm roadway temporarily while they widened their entrance. Five years on there is a stream of commercial traffic through my farm – and they are claiming they have a legal right of way’

  

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  ‘How do I leave my leased-out farm to my non-farming children without incurring a big tax bill?’

  

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  ‘My mother is in a nursing home on the Fair Deal scheme but the bill is at €200k and I’m worried we could lose the farm’

  

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  ‘A chunk of the roof of my neighbour’s shed blew off in Storm Éowyn and damaged my car. Are they liable?’

  

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  ‘I am leaving the farm to my nephew – and my son has been aggressive and threatening since he found out. What can I do?’

  

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  ‘Our young farmer neighbours are driving tractors fast and recklessly on our rural road and I’m terrified my children could be hurt. What are my options?

  

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  ‘I managed a family farm for over 10 years but I never had a contract and now the farmer’s son has taken over and got rid of me. What are my options?’

  

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  ‘I don’t want to leave my farm to my stepson... I want to keep it in the family name, but I would hate to upset my wife’

  

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  ‘I unexpectedly inherited a farm and got railroaded into leasing it out. Now the tenant isn’t paying the rent and the farm is falling into disrepair. Can I kick him out?’

  

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  ‘My sibling got the family farm and my mother got right of residence in the farmhouse. But they are making it very hard for us to see her. What can we do?’

  

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  ‘I’m worried I won’t be able to afford my maintenance payments to my ex. Can I get them reduced?’

  

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  ‘I leased a block of grazing ground but my ex’s father is blocking the right of way. What can I do to gain access? I badly need this land’

  

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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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