Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 27 March 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality
Scrutiny of the Civil Liability (Amendment) (Prevention of Benefits from Homicide) Bill 2017
Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
What is the benefit? Let us say a property is owned by a couple as joint tenants and one kills the other. There is the interest the offender has which belongs to him or her and there is the interest of the deceased interest that the offender subsequently acquires. Ms Justice Laffoy stated the part acquired was held in constructive trust. Are the beneficiaries always the children or the estate of the deceased?
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