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‘I shook hands on a deal with a local farmer to buy 2ac for my ponies. I built stables on my property... but now he is backing out. What can I do?’
‘My granny said she’d leave me her house, but my aunt has the same name as me and the will isn’t clear. My aunt insists it should be hers – what can I do?’
‘I’m leaving my husband but I’ve put a lot of money into the farm and I want some of it back’
‘I think my sibling forged a lease for the family farm after our mother died. As an executor of the will, what can I do?’
My late friend’s sibling is trying to change her will, and I’m an executor. Should I be worried?
‘I’m thinking of divorcing my husband of 50 years because he won’t leave our youngest son anything in his will’
‘I twice paid a garage several thousand euro to fix the clutch on my jeep and it has gone again. What can I do?’
‘Our brother died without a will, and his widow wants to sell the family farm. Can we stop her?’
‘Road traffic is causing our stone walls to collapse into our fields. Can we make the council repair them?’
Legal advice: ‘I think my dad’s angel dust conviction is hindering my career. Has he the right to be forgotten?’
‘There’s a proposal to build a wind farm beside my land. Can I get compensation? Can I oppose it?’
Legal advice: ‘My aunt’s insurance company won’t pay out after fire destroyed a farm shed. What can we do?’
Legal advice: ‘I farmed all my life with my brother, who died without a will. Now my other brother – who never lifted a finger on the farm – says his son should get a share of our land’
Legal advice: I never thought I’d fall out with my cousin over a septic tank, what can I do?
Our neighbour’s slurry spreading is ruining our new country idyll. Can we make him stop?
‘I’ve been doing contracting work for this farmer for two years and he won’t pay me. What can I do?’
‘My late father told me he would leave me two old houses on the farm. But the will seems to say my brother gets one of them. Can you challenge a will?’
Martin O’Sullivan: Why you should look into enduring power of attorney and advance healthcare directives
What is a durable relationship and will it revoke a will?
‘How do I report my neighbour for illegally removing hedgerows, without him knowing it was me?’
‘The vet took a quick look at my sick prize sheepdog and said he was fine. The dog died that night. Can I sue?’
Legal Advice: How can we renovate our derelict house when we don’t get on with the neighbours who own the road access?
‘I want to leave my farm to my workman. I read about two fellas marrying to avoid inheritance tax. Could this work for me?’
A telecommunications mast is due to be built on the outfarm beside us. What can we do to stop it?
‘I leased out my farm when I retired, now the tenant is wrecking the place. What can I do?’
‘My cheating ex-husband left our children nothing in his will — now his other woman plans to sell the farm’
86-year-old Wexford farmer fails in High Court bid to revoke €1m farm transfer to nephew
‘I want to sell the family farm to pay for my father’s nursing care but my sisters are trying to stop me’
‘Our neighbour said he would leave his farm to my husband, then both of them died. Do I get anything?’
One of our sons wants us to gift him part of our farm so he can buy a house in Dublin. Is this a bad idea?
‘I want to be buried under an oak tree on my family farm but I was told this is illegal. Is that true?’
‘A driver hit our dog, which had to be put down. Now she’s saying I have to pay for the damage to her car’
I tried to overtake a slow-moving tractor and I got rear-ended by the car behind me. Can I sue the tractor driver?
‘The farmer we leased our land to says he can’t afford to pay the rent. What are our options?’
Despite amendments to Occupiers Liability Act, business owners still face uncertainty
My neighbour refuses to cut the overgrown hedges on the right of way to my fields – what can I do?
Concerns over exploitation if register of wills established
Legal Advice: I’m worried my neighbours’ dying ash trees could fall on my cattle shed. Who is responsible?
We are worried about our autistic daughter after we die. Should we sell the farm now or leave it in our will?
‘My neighbour shot my valuable sheepdog. Can I sue him?’
‘I’ve worked on the family farm all my life. My parents always said they’d leave it to me, but what if they don’t make a will?’
IFA lobbies Law Society to give pre-nups legal standing
5 things to consider before you make your will
I have been running my elderly bachelor neighbours’ farm for years and they signed a letter leaving it to me. But now their nephew is back and says he is taking over. Where do I stand?
Legal advice: A contractor spreading slurry for me put a ramp over a pipe across a road and a driver says it caused him to crash. Am I liable?
‘My brother says I should get my fiancee to sign a prenup to prevent a breakup of the family farm if we divorced. Is he right?’
Legal advice: I’ve left my husband... now he won’t give me any proceeds from the farm I invested in. What can I do?
Legal Advice: Kids having a party in a derelict house on my farm were injured ...am I liable?
‘I want to leave the farm to the son who works with me – but I’m worried my other four children could challenge my will after I’m gone’
My neighbour’s cattle keep damaging the fence between our fields and messing up my land. How do I get him to pay?
My wife booted me out and moved her new man into my family home, now I’m worried she’ll get part of the farm in the divorce
A farmhouse divided? Everything you need to know about what happens when farmers divorce
We want to transfer our farm to our daughter but we don’t trust her husband. What happens if they get divorced?
Who is liable? I rented out a field and a young worker hired by a contractor damaged my neighbour’s pier
Legal advice: My uncle rents out his land with no written contracts. Can his tenants claim squatter’s rights and ruin my inheritance?
Legal advice: My ex-husband’s last will left the farm to our son. But then he died unexpectedly, leaving a pregnant second wife. Does our son still get the land?
Legal advice: ‘I thought I would inherit the family farm and house, but now my siblings want sites’
Legal advice: Our new townie neighbour is trying to stop us upgrading our parlour and is now spreading lies about us on social media. How can I stop him?
Will I be left with tax bill if I sell farmland and home left to me by mum?
Legal advice: My husband’s uncle died without a will and the farm he was promised is now being split
25 years of divorce in Ireland: ‘Many can’t split up until they can finance two households and that’s a big problem’
My neighbour and I have an arrangement to help each other with small jobs. But when he couldn’t make it, he sent over a labourer, and I got charged. Can I sue?
Legal advice: A farmer I do contracting work for left his 12-year-old son in the harvester cab with me and the boy got injured. Can I be sued?
Legal advice: My neighbour polluted the local river but the council have accused me. How can I clear my name without falling out with anyone?
Legal advice: My husband recently found out he has a long-lost half-brother… could this man make a claim on the family farm?
Legal Advice: We took steps to keep our 10-year-old daughter’s friend away from our dogs but she went to them and got bitten. Are we liable for her minor injury?
Legal Advice: ‘We’re worried there will be conflict between our children over the farm’
Can my nephew claim ownership of the family home left to us in my mother’s will?
My parents are in their 80s and my father has dementia. Should we get an Enduring Power of Attorney?
‘A heifer I bought online already had a condition that the vet says is beyond treatment – do I have any comeback?’
A minor accident with the farm jeep and trailer looks set to escalate into a very expensive claim –what are our options?
All night parties and dogs worrying my sheep – how a neighbour’s right of way has turned into a disaster for me
Knowing your entitlements under a will
Succession planning: Eight essential issues to consider when making – or contesting – a will
What to do if you fear your farm is going to be repossessed
My neighbour bought my land at auction, but now he’s getting cold feet and wants his money back –what are my options?
Am I liable if my trees fall on a road?
How to save a fortune on tax with a lifetime transfer
Covid crisis has sparked renewed fears among farm families about 'Fair Deal' scheme costs
Spouses can maximise tax reliefs by making their farm partnership official if neither has off-farm income
Local kids are drinking on our property - are we liable if anything happens to them?