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Tormeys Solicitors LLP Tormeys Solicitors LLP in Athlone is one of the largest and longest established law firms in the Midlands.

Our offices are based next to Athlone Castle and we are proud to be serving the people of the Midlands for nearly a century!

A person slips on a wet floor at work on a Tuesday. It is reported to a supervisor the following Monday. The pain does n...
15/10/2026

A person slips on a wet floor at work on a Tuesday. It is reported to a supervisor the following Monday. The pain does not settle, and it is several weeks before a GP links it to the fall.

Three dates are now in play: the day the injury happened, the day it was reported, and the day the person first realised something may have gone wrong. Each can carry legal significance, and they are rarely the same day.

Irish law uses the phrase "date of knowledge" for the third one. It sits alongside the date of the incident when time limits are considered, so it helps to record all three early, along with anything that fixes them, such as an accident report or a dated appointment record.

Speak with a solicitor before making a decision.

Legal costs cannot be calculated as a percentage or proportion of any damages or other money awarded, except in the limited debt-recovery circumstances provided by law. Legal costs cannot be deducted from damages or other money payable to a client without the client's prior written agreement.

A claimant's letter arrives on Monday. By Tuesday, someone at the business has replied by email: "That was our fault, we...
14/10/2026

A claimant's letter arrives on Monday. By Tuesday, someone at the business has replied by email: "That was our fault, we will sort it out."

The reply was written in good faith. It can still be relied on later by the other side as an admission, before anyone has looked at the facts, the records or the insurance position.

Liability is a legal question before it is a courtesy. Many insurance policies also require the insurer's consent before fault is admitted, so an informal reply can create a second problem as well.

A short holding reply that confirms receipt and says a formal response will follow keeps the position open while the matter is properly considered.

Speak with a solicitor before making a decision.

Legal costs cannot be calculated as a percentage or proportion of any damages or other money awarded, except in the limited debt-recovery circumstances provided by law. Legal costs cannot be deducted from damages or other money payable to a client without the client's prior written agreement.

A buyer in Athlone pays a €5,000 booking deposit to the auctioneer the day the offer is accepted, and assumes the deal i...
08/10/2026

A buyer in Athlone pays a €5,000 booking deposit to the auctioneer the day the offer is accepted, and assumes the deal is locked in.

It is not.

That booking deposit is fully refundable and simply confirms the sale is agreed, not that contracts are signed. The real commitment happens later, when a contract deposit, normally 10% of the purchase price, is paid into the solicitor's client account on the day contracts are exchanged. On a €300,000 home in Westmeath, that is €30,000, with the earlier €5,000 booking deposit deducted from the balance. Once that contract deposit is paid and both sides have signed, the position changes considerably, which is why solicitors ask buyers not to treat sale agreed as final.

Speak with a solicitor before making a decision.

Most people in Athlone can picture a solicitor's office long before they ever walk into one. They've passed it on the wa...
07/10/2026

Most people in Athlone can picture a solicitor's office long before they ever walk into one. They've passed it on the way to work. They know someone who went there for a house purchase or a will.

That familiarity does real work. When a legal question comes up, the name people think of first is usually one they already recognise.

Tormeys is on Castle Street in Athlone. Recognition matters, but so does being a place people know how to find.

The first appointment is also more routine than many expect. For a property purchase or a will, a solicitor will ask to see photo ID and proof of address. That's a legal requirement under anti-money laundering rules, and it applies to every client.

Contact Tormeys Solicitors LLP for legal advice specific to your situation.

A tenant signs a ten-year lease with a break option at year five. As that date approaches, the business needs to move, a...
05/10/2026

A tenant signs a ten-year lease with a break option at year five. As that date approaches, the business needs to move, and the exit looks simple on paper.

Then the conditions are read properly. Notice has to be served in the form, and by the date, the lease sets. Rent may need to be paid up to date. The premises may need to be handed back with vacant possession. If one condition is missed, the break may not have been validly exercised, and the lease simply continues.

Courts tend to read break conditions strictly, so close compliance matters more than what the tenant intended. The practical step is to check the break clause against the whole lease well before notice is due, including how and where notice must be served.

Speak with a solicitor before making a decision.

A shared driveway can work well for years without anyone thinking about the paperwork. Two neighbouring houses use the s...
02/10/2026

A shared driveway can work well for years without anyone thinking about the paperwork. Two neighbouring houses use the same strip of tarmac to reach their garages, and nobody has ever raised an issue.

The difficulty appears at sale stage. A buyer's solicitor will ask where the right to use that driveway comes from. If it was never set out as a formal easement of way, registered on the folio or included in the original conveyance, the answer may be that it exists only through mutual convenience, not law.

An arrangement built on convenience does not automatically pass to whoever buys the house next. Without a documented easement, a new owner could, in principle, object to the shared use.

Checking the folio and title documents before going to market avoids this surfacing at closing stage.

Contact Tormeys Solicitors LLP for legal advice specific to your situation.

A parenting arrangement can set out school mornings, handovers and every second weekend in careful detail, and still lea...
01/10/2026

A parenting arrangement can set out school mornings, handovers and every second weekend in careful detail, and still leave out who is contacted if a child needs a hospital appointment, a passport, or a place in a different school.

That gap sits in guardianship, not the day-to-day schedule. A guardian has the right to be consulted on decisions about a child's education, religion and medical treatment, separate from where the child sleeps on any given night. Married parents are automatically joint guardians. An unmarried father is not, unless he has lived with the mother for twelve months, including three months after the birth, or has been appointed by agreement or court order.

Holidays, school events and medical decisions all sit inside that guardianship right. A schedule built around weekdays rarely mentions any of it, and gaps tend to surface at the worst possible moment.

Contact Tormeys Solicitors LLP for legal advice specific to your situation.

An executor named in a will is not obliged to accept the role. Family circumstances change, and someone appointed years ...
30/09/2026

An executor named in a will is not obliged to accept the role. Family circumstances change, and someone appointed years ago may no longer be in a position to take on the administration of an estate.

The timing of that decision matters. An executor can renounce the position, but only before taking any action connected to the estate. Once they collect assets, pay a debt from estate funds, or otherwise deal with the estate as executor, they are treated as having intermeddled and can no longer step back.

Renunciation must be made formally, using a signed instrument lodged with the Probate Office. If no other executor is named or willing to act, an application for Letters of Administration with Will Annexed may be needed instead.

The estate cannot simply wait while this is worked out.

Contact Tormeys Solicitors LLP for legal advice specific to your situation.

An employee called to a disciplinary meeting is often told the date and time before anyone tells them what the meeting i...
28/09/2026

An employee called to a disciplinary meeting is often told the date and time before anyone tells them what the meeting is actually about.

Fair procedure starts with detail, not just notice. Before responding to an allegation, an employee should know the specific concern being raised, including what is alleged to have happened, when it is said to have occurred, and who raised it. A vague reference to "conduct issues" or "performance concerns" does not meet that standard.

This matters because a response prepared without knowing the real allegation is rarely a fair one. Employers should set out the complaint in writing, with enough detail that the employee can properly address it, before any meeting takes place.

Contact Tormeys Solicitors LLP for legal advice specific to your situation.

A letter of claim arrives on a Tuesday morning and the instinct is to answer it that afternoon.That instinct is understa...
25/09/2026

A letter of claim arrives on a Tuesday morning and the instinct is to answer it that afternoon.

That instinct is understandable. Nobody wants an unanswered legal letter sitting in an inbox. But a response written before every fact is gathered can commit someone to a position that turns out to be wrong once the full picture is clear.

Every letter is different, but the same principle holds. In defence litigation, a short holding reply that acknowledges the letter and confirms a full response will follow within a stated period is the safer first step. It buys time to review the file before addressing the substance.

Legal costs cannot be calculated as a percentage or proportion of any damages or other money awarded, except in the limited debt-recovery circumstances provided by law. Legal costs cannot be deducted from damages or other money payable to a client without the client's prior written agreement.

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N37D960

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