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The recent case of Rochford Construction Ltd v Kihan Construction Ltd reinforces importance of clear payment dates and suggests that fixing the final date for payment by reference to an invoice...

The Companies (Accounting) Act, 2017 (the Act) was signed into law by President Michael D. Higgins on 17 May 2017 and came into operation on 9 June 2017.

The European Court of Justice has held that a director of an English company can be liable for breach of German company law where insolvency proceedings are opened in Germany.

The CJEU has clarified the scope of the battleground between designers and those that challenge the validity of Community design rights.

The Court of Appeal has taken the opportunity to clarify the scope of the linked principles of Res Judicata/the Rule in Henderson v Henderson.

Jennifer Noctor examines a recent High Court case where the defendants took a costs order against a litigious plaintiff a step further...

On 5 December 2024, the Irish Court of Appeal referred to the Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") a question about site-specific conservation objectives...

Private sector businesses contracting with State bodies will welcome a recent judgement of the Court of Appeal.

The High Court decision in Lyons V Longford Westmeath Education and Training Board [2017/IEHC 272] arguably caused the most controversy in the world of employment law in 2017, not least because the High Court ...

The plaintiffs in the case are part of the Rhatigan Group of companies and had been clients of UBIL for approximately 17 years.

The Court of Appeal (CoA) has dismissed an appeal brought by a consultant oncologist (appellant) in respect of a finding against him of poor professional performance (Finding) ...

Medical practitioners often find themselves in the unenviable position of having to decide whether to withdraw or discontinue treatment that is artificially prolonging a patient's life.

The CJEU differentiated the current situation from one in which a bidder is expressly excluded by the terms of Directive 2004/18/EC (the Public Sector Directive).

In recent weeks, Advocate General Wathelet ("AG") – an independent advisor to the Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") – delivered his Opinion in GS Media v Sanoma.

On 10 January 2015 the Brussels Regulation which, since 2001, governed jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters across the EU, was repealed and replaced by the Recast Brussels Regulation.

The Google Spain case is most commonly recognised for introducing the ‘right to be forgotten'.

New civil cases across all courts increased to almost 180,000 from 170,000 in 2022.

In two cases, decided on the same day in late 2014, the Supreme Court clarified the rules relating to the incorporation of contractual terms in business-to-business contracts.