This expert book covers all the main areas of concern to practicing solicitors in Ireland, whether in a sole practice or a large law firm. These range from serious issues of concern, such as negligence and the solicitors' compensation fund to every-day practical matters such as costs and fees. Written in a practical and straightforward style, this second edition should prove to be of great benefit to all solicitors in Ireland.

This book is about privacy interests in English tort law. Despite the recent recognition of a misuse of private information tort, English law remains underdeveloped. The presence of gaps in the law can be explained, to some extent, by a failure on the part of courts and legal academics to reflect on the meaning of privacy. Through comparative, critical and historical analysis, this book seeks to refine our understanding of privacy by considering our shared experience of it. To this end, the book draws on the work of Norbert Elias and Karl Popper, among others, and compares the English law of...