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RECENT HIGH COURT DECISION IN DIVORCE AND JUDICIAL SEPARATION IN IRELAND ON DIVISION OF PROPERTY says not 50:50 automatically, will depend on circumstances of the case and proper provision must be made for the spouses write solicitors Keith Walsh, Aidan Reynolds, Maryse Jennings of KEITH WALSH SOLICTORS LLP 

RECENT HIGH COURT DECISION IN DIVORCE AND JUDICIAL SEPARATION IN IRELAND ON DIVISION OF PROPERTY says not 50:50 automatically, will depend on circumstances of the case and proper provision must be made for the spouses write solicitors Keith Walsh, Aidan Reynolds, Maryse Jennings of KEITH WALSH SOLICTORS LLP 

There is a light that never goes out - in great company advocating for Reform of Civil Legal Aid on Tuesday 3pm before the Joint Oireachtas (Parliamentary) Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration - Ms. Sarah Benson, CEO, Women's Aid - Seán Guerin SC, Chair of the Council, The Bar of Ireland - Ms. Cliona Cleary BL, Chair of the Civil State Bar Committee, The Bar of Ireland - Ms. Eilis Barry, Chief Executive, Free Legal Advice Centres - Mr. Christopher Bowes, Policy & Public Affairs Manager, Free Legal Advice Centres - Ms. Joan Crawford, Chief Executive Officer, Legal Aid Board - Ms. Emily Sherlock, Director of Internal Service Delivery (Civil), Legal Aid Board - Mr. Keith Walsh S.C., Member of the Family and Child Law Committee, Law Society of Ireland - Dr. Brian Hunt, Director of Policy at the Law Society of Ireland, Law Society of Ireland Private Session 17 Feb 2026, 15:00, CR1, LH 2000

Keith Walsh SC and solicitor is a family lawyer practising in Dublin, he is a former Chair of the Child and Family Law Committee of the Law Society and the author of Divorce and Judicial Separation Proceedings in the Circuit Court – A Guide to Order 59, and co-author with Sonya Dixon BL of Domestic Violence: Law and Practice in Ireland, both published by Bloomsbury Professional.

Keith Walsh Solicitor writes: 

Keith Walsh Solicitor writes: 

Keith was on Newstalk to discuss the new Divorce referendum in May 2019 with Pat Kenny. The referendum proposal is a reduction in waiting time for Divorce from 4 to 2 years. Currently married couples must be living 4 out of previous 5 years apart before they can start the Divorce procedure. In Keith's opinion, this is too long. Minister Josepha Madigan was very quick to get the ball rolling! 

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