Beneficial Ownership Searches – An Ellis & Ellis Explainer
What is a Beneficial Ownership search? Ever since European Anti-Money Laundering legislation was transposed into Irish law from 2015onwards, it has become a requirement for companies, industrial and provident societies, andCertain Financial Vehicles (CFVs) to (a) maintain an internal register of their beneficial ownersand (b) to file this information with a central register. In Article […]
What is a Valuation Office Search? – An Ellis & Ellis Explainer
Extending from the Townland Valuation Act (1826) and the Irish Poor Law Act (1838), attempts to create valuation of land evolved over time in Ireland into the Tenement Valuation Acts of 1846 and 1852.
Registry of Friendly Societies Searches – An Ellis & Ellis Explainer
Friendly Societies have been described as ‘mutual aid’ associations. At their outset, they were organised on a voluntary basis to ‘…protect members against debts incurred through illness, death, or old age’.
What is a Land Commission Search? – An Ellis & Ellis Explainer
The Irish Land Commission (ILC) was founded in 1881 and its primary role was to oversee the dissolution of large land estates and enable tenants to purchase the subdivided holdings.
What is a Proceedings Search? – An Ellis & Ellis Explainer
The intention of a Proceeding search is to flag whether there any High Court actions (or referred actions from lesser courts) initiated that could potentially affect the ownership of a property, or impact on the boundaries/ right/ interests of a sale property.
What is a Petition Search? – An Ellis & Ellis Explainer
To better understand what is a ‘petition search’ it is perhaps first worthwhile exploring the nature of petitions, and then specifically address petitions in context to conveyancing.
What is a Sheriff (Revenue) Search? – An Ellis & Ellis Explainer
The Sheriff (Revenue) offices – Their role and record keeping in a conveyancing context. The origins of the State’s various Sheriff’s Offices predate Irish independence. Deriving from English legal antiquity, these sheriff’s functions include the enforcement of court judgments. Presently, trade creditors and individuals can obtain judgments and use sheriffs (Cork & Dublin) or County […]
What is a Sheriff (Civil) Search? – An Ellis & Ellis Explainer
The Role and Record Keeping of Sheriff (Civil) Offices in Conveyancing The Sheriff’s Office origins lies in Irish pre-independence and English legal antiquity. Originally levelled with the discharge of Crown duties, the (high) sheriff’s functions included the enforcement of court judgments. However, in Ireland following the 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty, the vestigial office of (high) sheriff […]
What is a Sheriff (Receiver of Fines) Search? – An Ellis & Ellis Explainer
The Functions and Documentation Practices of Sheriff (Receiver of Fines) Offices in the Context of Conveyancing. Predating Irish independence, and with a genesis in English legal antiquity, the evolution of the various Sheriff’s Offices has developed over time to meet the demands of the Irish state. At present, all taxes, interest, and duties owed to […]
What is a Planning Search? – An Ellis & Ellis Explainer
When the Local Government (Planning and Development) Act, 1963 came into force in October 1964 all local authorities (except town commissioners) were granted planning powers for the localities under their control. At the same time, it made generally exempt all previous developments, builds and alterations already completed. This in effect made 1964 the de facto […]
