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The European Court of Justice's Advocate General has issued an opinion addressing whether valid conservation objectives for special protection areas are required before conducting appropriate assessments under the Habitats Directive. This interpretation could significantly impact development consent procedures across the EU, particularly for large-scale projects where site-specific conservation objectives have not yet been formally established.

The Commercial Court has refused permission to a creditor to enforce a judgment from 2010, due to delay.

In Egan v Castlerea Co-operative Livestock Mart Limited [2023] IECA 240, the Court of Appeal has upheld a High Court order for discovery in personal injury proceedings...

The recent judgment of the Court of Appeal delivered on the 8th of September 2022 in Kevin Meehan v Shawcove Ltd and Ors provides helpful guidance on how the courts must approach an assessment of...

The Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (Act), which became effective from 21 August 2020, has introduced some novel changes to be aware of when litigating in Ireland.

The Irish Supreme Court has recently considered the compensation to which a lender is entitled from a solicitor who misapplies monies advanced on foot of an undertaking.

It is no secret that in recent times the courts have seen an increase in frivolous and vexatious claims.

Recent media coverage of personal injury litigation and the knock on effect of awards on premium holders has yet again highlighted the need for change and reform in our courts in both the determination of wrong doing...

Performance bonds are widely used in the construction industry as a means of protecting employers against non-performance or financial default by the contractor.

High Court reaffirms that surcharge interest rates that are ‘extravagant and unconscionable' and not commercially justifiable are not legally enforceable.

Rules of court procedure do not often generate much interest beyond a small circle of lawyers.

A Norwich Pharmacal Order is a type of remedial order delivered by the Court which compels a respondent to disclose information of both wrongdoings and wrongdoers "who seek to hide behind the mask of anonymity".

The Houses of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice recently (September 2023) produced a report on the General Scheme of the Defamation (Amendment) Bill. The committee made a number...

The new Court of Appeal delivered its judgment in the case of Cassidy v. The Provincialate on 16 April, 2015.

On 30 May, a jury in a High Court trial in Dublin awarded well known former Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams a sum of €100,000 in damages for defamation.

In the decision in Forse and others v Secarma Ltd and others, the Court of Appeal of England and Wales upheld a High Court decision granting an interim springboard injunction

The Covid-19 pandemic has changed, or dramatically accelerated the rate of change, in working practices for people in all sector of the economy.