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It was announced on 8 October 2019 that the Government has appointed seven new judges to the Court of Appeal.

Parties involved in litigation during lockdown are likely to have encountered practical difficulties when swearing affidavits. Until now, anyone swearing an affidavit had to attend,...

Partners Claire McLoughlin and Karen Reynolds, and senior associate Ciara Dunny author the Irish chapter of the Practitioner's Guide to Global Investigations ...

The background to this case is that a German plaintiff received breast implants in 2008.

On 31 July 2015, the English Court of Appeal handed down its judgment in Petter v EMC Europe Ltd and Anor [2015] EWCA Civ 828, which was an appeal from the English High Court.

Independent Newspapers looks set to challenge Ireland's defamation laws after reportedly filing papers with the European Court of Human Rights.

Independent Newspapers looks set to challenge Ireland's defamation laws after reportedly filing papers with the European Court of Human Rights.

Matheson's Julie Murphy-O'Connor and Gearóid Carey co-wrote the Ireland chapter for The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Enforcement of Foreign Judgments 2016, first edition.

This judgment brings welcome guidance to the provision by voluntary associations and community organisations of social and public purposes in a public procurement context.

The much-anticipated Representative Actions for the Protection of the Collective Interests of Consumers Bill 2023Opens in new window was published today. The purpose of the bill is to transpose...

In the latest episode of ‘Company Law: Back to Basics', Dr Tom Courtney and Suzanne Kearney discuss the Supreme Court decision in McCool v Honeywell and its ramifications for company law...

The Children (Amendment) Act 2021 (the "Act") has been commenced, by way of the Children (Amendment) Act 2021 (Commencement) Order 2021, with effect from 7 May 2021.

The debtor owed ACC Loan Management Limited (formerly ACC Bank plc) (the "Bank") the sum of €250,000 pursuant to a guarantee executed in 2004 and sought the protection of the Circuit Court...

The Irish courts have generally acknowledged the commercial sensitivity attaching to contractual documents entered into as part of a loan sale transaction.

While acknowledging that the monies had been advanced to the first named defendant by AIB and not repaid, the defendants contended that they had arguable grounds for defence based on, inter alia, their contention that the guarantees provided by the second named defendant were discharged on the refinancing of the facilities.

The Defamation Amendment Bill 2024 has just been passed by the Dáil and is now before the Seanad.

The Court of Appeal has allowed an appeal by the Edward Holdings group of companies against a decision of O'Connor J in the High Court refusing to appoint an examiner to four of the seven group companies...

The People at the suit of the Director of Public Prosecutions .v. Patrick Monaghan (Drogheda) Limited. [2014] IECA 52.