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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.

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.

The High Court recently gave judgment in an application for the delivery of interrogatories in a personal injuries action.

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.

A good example of the increased tendency by the Central Bank of Ireland, to use its enforcement powers, in tandem with its supervisory powers is its recent settlement with Springboard Mortgages Limited...

In Dunne v PJ White Construction Company [1989] ILRM 803 the Supreme Court considered it to be "an inevitable consequence" of section 62 that it creates a right of action in favour of an injured third party.

A recent decision in the Irish High Court on litigation funding has wider implications beyond issues of access to justice.

In the Courts Service Annual Report 2014, which was recently published, Chief Justice Susan Denham described last year as a year of demands, challenges and opportunities.

In recent months, the UK High Court examined the circumstances in which an individual can make an access request for their personal data (a subject access request, or "SAR") under the UK Data Protection Act 1998 ("DPA").

The European Commission Decision concerned an exemption within the UK CFC rules known as the ‘group financing exemption'. Under the UK CFC rules, a CFC charge applies...

In the recent case of Express Motor Assessors Limited v Revenue Commissioners the High Court clarified the process for amending appeals against determinations of the Tax Appeals Commission.

It remains to be seen if there is sufficient political appetite in Brussels to revive the Directive in any form.