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The 6th Motor Insurance Directive, Directive (EU) 2021/2118 (‘2021 Directive'), was published in the Official Journal of the EU on 02 December 2021...

Pursuant to copyright law in both the UK and Ireland, the creator of a work has a number of exclusive rights that they can exercise to restrict others from using their work.

The Court of Justice of the European Union (the "CJEU") has issued a decision on the requirements to fulfil a damages claim under Article 82 GDPR.

Defendants to product liability claims seeking to rely on the 'state of the art' defence must be prepared to provide full particulars (or details) of the facts which they say support the defence prior to trial.

In a recent High Court decision, it was ruled that the liquidator not only failed in his application before the court, but in bringing forward an application that was 'doomed to fail'...

The extent of the Court’s powers under Article 8.1 of the Model Law on a stay application has been considered in two recent High Court cases.

In a landmark judgment delivered on 31 July 2018, the Supreme Court has ruled in the case of SPV OSUS Limited v HSBC Institutional Trust Services (Ireland) Limited & Ors [1] that the assignment...

We recently represented the Board of Management of a school in its successful appeal against a High Court decision awarding €255,000 for the alleged bullying of a special needs assistant by school management.

Following the Irish Supreme Court's unanimous decision in The Revenue Commissioners v Karshan (Midlands) Limited t/a Domino's Pizza (the "Karshan Case") in October 2023...

The English High Court has published a judgment on how a LIBOR-referencing contract should be interpreted now that LIBOR is no longer published as a benchmark rate.

In a judgment delivered on 15 May 2015, the Supreme Court has brought some clarity to the interaction between the Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears ("the Code")...

The Irish High Court held that if an investor has paid money to a firm based on a fraudulent misrepresentation, they have a proprietary claim to the payment.

The Supreme Court in the case of Ulster Bank v O'Brien holds that banks need not comply with the provisions of the Bankers' Books Evidence Acts when proving a claim for monies due from a defaulting borrower.

The Court of Appeal's recent decision in Bank of Ireland v Eteams (International) Limited brings further important legal clarity for all forms of receivables finance transactions, as well as the "true sale" opinions ...

On May 1 2015 a 74-year-old woman lost her High Court medical negligence claim on the grounds that in 1963 prophylactic symphysiotomy was not a practice "without justification".

2015 was another challenging year for the Irish insurance industry. The media spotlight fell on increasing premiums, particularly in the area of motor insurance.

A recent decision of the High Court provides some insight as to the extent to which an insurer may be liable to pay costs when it instructs its solicitors to come off record for an insured