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The Health Products Regulatory Authority (the "HPRA") has recently published updated guidanceOpens in new window (the "HPRA Guidance") on the procedure for appealing compliance notices or measures...

This is the second article in our three part update series and deals with the maintenance and loss of a claim of litigation privilege in subsequent proceedings.

Under Irish law, offences are divided between summary (minor) offences and indictable (serious) offences. In general, regulatory bodies are authorised to prosecute summary offences along with the Garda Siochána

Disclosure is an essential feature of the criminal justice process. If not done correctly, it can cause issues for both prosecutors and accused and can jeopardise the successful prosecution of a case.

A recent English Court of Appeal (CoA) decision demonstrates the scrutiny applied to an employer's justifications of pay differential between male and female employees...

Two significant cases from the Court of Justice of the European Union (the "CJEU") impact the way in which employees who are absent from work accrue annual leave.

In the Woolworths case, thousands of redundancies were made across various Woolworths' stores in the UK.

In Permanent TSB v Christopher Callan, the Labour Court found that the dismissal of a senior customer adviser (a control function) by Permanent TSB ("PTSB"),...

The decision was given in Holloway & Ors v Damianus BV & Ors. Arthur Cox represented the trustees (the "Trustees") in the case.

The Labour Court has awarded €75,000 in compensation for discriminatory dismissal after it found that the respondent employer had failed to provide the complainant with reasonable accommodation...

We represented the Board of Management of a school in its successful appeal against a High Court decision which awarded a Special Needs Assistant at the school €255,000 for alleged bullying in the workplace.

On 14 June 2016, the High Court determined that Start Mortgages Limited had not commenced enforcement proceedings in accordance with the terms of the loan agreement...

Regulation is a fact of life for every financial service provider ("FSP"). FSPs face an ever-increasing volume of regulation.

If a contract term is found to be unfair, that term will not be binding on the consumer

The UK Supreme Court has resoundingly held that the UK Government may not serve the Article 50 notice withdrawing from the European Union without an Act of the UK Parliament giving the necessary parliamentary authorisation.

The High Court has confirmed that it does not have a role in examining the reasonableness of a creditor's vote on a personal insolvency arrangement when considering if a bankruptcy petition should be adjourned.

In two separate recent judgments, the High Court has upheld decisions of the Financial Services Ombudsman (FSO) in relation to claims regarding serious illness cover.

In March this year, Abbott Diabetes Care Inc ("Abbott") applied for a preliminary injunction in respect of its European Patent no. EP 2 713 879 (concerning continuous glucose monitoring devices) (the "Patent")...