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
Professor John Mee:
On that narrow question, as it would be the beneficiary of the estate of the victim, section 120 would apply separately. The rule against gaining benefit is applied as many times as is necessary. First, the killer would be deprived of the right of survivorship and, second, the right to inherit under the will or intestacy of his or her victim.
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