PPC1 Family Law case studies
PPC1 Family Law · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The Professional Practice Course (PPC) is the Law Society of Ireland's training programme for trainee solicitors, delivered through its Law School at Blackhall Place, Dublin 7. The Law Society describes itself as the regulatory, educational and membership body for Irish solicitors, and its Learning & CPD section lists the PPC among its qualification pathways, pointing trainees to resources that support study at the Law School. The PPC1 Family Law case studies are 5 cases and about 4,587 words.
1The Business Owner Who Refuses to Disclose: Interim Relief and the Inherited Farm
Amara (48) and Tom (52) married in 2001 and separated nine months ago. Amara gave up a legal secretarial career in 2008 to care for their three children, now 20, 17 and 14; the eldest is at university and the youngest attends a private school costing £18,000 a year.
908 words, about 5 min2Relocation, Autism and the Weight of a Guardian's Recommendation
Priya (37) and Daniel (40) separated 18 months ago after an eight-year marriage. Their daughter Anya (9) has a diagnosis of autistic spectrum condition and attends a specialist unit attached to a mainstream primary school fifteen minutes from the family home.
897 words, about 4 min3Coercive Control, a House in His Sole Name, and Two Children
Nadia (33) married Ravi (36) nine years ago and they have two children, Ayaan (12) and Sara (5). Over the last three years Ravi has controlled all household money, has kept Nadia's bank card, monitors her phone with a tracking app, and has repeatedly told her she will 'never get the house'.
919 words, about 5 min4Eleven Years, One Name on the Deeds, and £60,000 from an Inheritance
Jade (41) and Marcus (44) began living together in 2013 and separated last month. They never married and there is no written agreement.
908 words, about 5 min5A Two-Week Holiday That Never Ended: Applying under the 1980 Hague Convention
Sofia (34), a Spanish national, married James (38), a British national, in 2015. They lived in Bristol throughout their marriage, where James lectures at a university and they own a house in joint names.
955 words, about 5 min