E73 The Fifth Court with @Mark Tottenham BL and @Peter Leonard BL were invited to attend a conference in Dublin Castle celebrating 100 years of Irish courts

Part 2. Our hosts interviewed Mr. Justice Gerard Hogan and Prof. Diarmaid Ferriter of UCD discussing the founding of the Irish courts system post British rule, the effect of an increase of the number of Supreme Court judges from 3 to 5, the 1937 Constitution ("not the creation of one man [De Valera]"), pushback to the creation of the Office of President, the great understanding of De Valera of constitutional law drafting, "the '37 Constitution was a very significant human rights document", the Constitution was a 'great success',

Plus three more recent important cases, drawn from the Decisis.ie casebook including

• An injunction successfully granted against a winding up petition against a business
• A Landlord and Tenant case about a claim of frustration of a lease due to Covid.
• A Personal Injuries case taken by a former pupil against his old school long after having left.

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