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A new High Court Practice Direction (HC131), in respect of applications for a trial date in clinical negligence proceedings before the High Court...

The general rule on costs is that "costs follow the event", ie loser pays.

In the recent case of Kelly Builders (Rosemount) Limited v HCC Underwriting Agency Limited(1) the Irish High Court ruled that the defendant insurance company...

In advance of the imminent application deadline of 25 June 2023, the Irish government has initiated the Representative Actions for the Protection of the Collective Interests of Consumers Bill (Bill) before the Dáil.

The Irish Supreme Court has delivered a second judgment in the Scully v Coucal litigation, rejecting a further argument...

Following the decision in the Circuit Court and the interim ruling in the High Court on appeal, the Court of Appeal delivered a judgment on 31 October 2018 in relation to certain questions of law...

The High Court (Court) recently examined the need to reform Ireland's discovery regime within a larger commercial conflict. In this case, it was submitted that 1.78m documents had to be searched for discovery purposes.

The Judicial Council (the Council), which consists of all of the Judges in the State, met in full for the first time on 7 February 2020.

In Whelan v. AIB (Unreported Supreme Court 30/1/14) the third plaintiff, his wife and children, contracted for a loan to purchase land in Waterford for €25 Million, which later had a value less than €5 million.

This case related to a claim by ACC Bank plc for a summary judgment against the first named Defendant on foot of a personal guarantee of €250,000 in respect of a loan facility to a company of €3.9m.

On 5 July 2023, the Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (the "Act") was signed into law by the President of Ireland.

Recent developments at both EU level and in the UK reflect an ongoing focus on third-party litigation funding, albeit with different approaches starting to emerge between the EU and UK.

In recent years Irish airline Ryanair has been involved in numerous legal battles against so-called ‘screen scrapers' across Europe.

In the on-going saga that is Microsoft Corporation v. United States of America, the Irish Government ("Ireland") has made the decision to enter the fray.

Today, 20th October, the Schrems case returned for a hearing to the Irish High Court and these are the key points that arose...

The Court examined Revenue's request for the inclusion of the transcript, focusing on whether the transcript was necessary to the Court's adjudication of the ‘points of law' being appealed.

This dispute arose from an application filed on April 3 2009 by Ibercosmetica SA de CV for registration of the word mark SÔ: UNIC as a Community trademark (CTM) for goods in Class 3 of the Nice Classification.