‘Summer Soiree’ - Probate and Family Law

Join us for the last event of the legal year!

Breakdown in Estate Administration: Delay, Conflict and Court Intervention

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Probate Bar Association Membership 2025/26

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Probate Update: Charity Law and update from Probate Officer

Join the Probate Specialist Bar Association for an on Charity Law and update on recent case law.

Annual Conference 2025 Resolving Inheritance Disputes: Probate Mediation Matters

Probate Annual Conference 2025 taking place December 10th

Case Law Update: Michael Joseph McNally Deceased [2024] IEHC 23

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Case Law Update: Re The Estate of Honor Duncan McCulloch [Deceased] [2025] IEHC 400

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Probate Bar Workshop (Arklow Bay Hotel)

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Summer Soiree (“Death and Taxes”)

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Probate Bar Masterclass

A Probate Bar Masterclass took place on 3rd April.

Probate Bar Webinar - The Appropriate Use of Caveats

The Probate Bars latest Webinar - The Appropriate Use of Caveats took place on 27th March 2025.

Probate Bar Annual Conference 2024

The Probate Bar Annual Conference took place on 29th November 2024.

Probate Bar - Summer Soirée

The Probate Bar held its Summer Soirée on June 26th 2024.

Probate Bar Panel Discussion: Time Limits in Section 117 cases

This is a Panel Discussion on the Time Limit in Cases pursuant to Section 117 of the Succession Act 1965
Learning Outcome: A thorough examination of the time limit, rationale for it, whether extensions possible, and its constitutionality.

Probate Bar Association Breakfast Briefing: Variation of Trusts

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Probate Bar Annual Conference 2023

The sold-out Probate Bar Association (PBA) Annual Conference took place on November 3. The theme of the day was s. 117 of the Succession Act 1965, which provides for a child’s right to bring a claim against a parent’s estate that ‘proper provision’ has not been made.

2023 PBA Conference Photographs

Photographs from our 2023 conference.

All Children are Equal – Are Some More Equal than Others?

The issue of wills, property and passing of one’s estate has, through the ages, provided rich material for playwrights, poets and authors. It is also the work of the courts and counsel.

Last Will and Testament; A look at Recent Probate and Succession Case Law

Bar Review article written by Michael Hourican SC

Probate Bar Annual Conference

The inaugural Probate Bar Association (PBA) conference, entitled ‘The Essential Update for the Probate Practitioner’, took place on December 9, 2022.