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The recent judgment of Mr Justice Barrett in Goode Concrete v CRH Plc, Roadstone Wood Limited and Kilsaran Concrete [2022] IEHC 189 (Goode Concrete) provides useful guidance on applications to...

In a recent Supreme Court decision, which considered whether third party litigation funding is permissible in Ireland...

The intersection of data protection and employment law continues to be important when considering...

In the recent case of Kinsella v Wicklow County Council [2015] IEHC 229, the High Court has adopted a different position from that taken by Mr Justice Hogan in Wicklow County Council v Fortune [2012] IEHC 406.

A recent High Court case, Lee Towers Management Company Limited v Lance Investments Limited & Ors serves as a helpful reminder of the extensive statutory rights now available to both unit owners and owners' management...

The decision in the case Marks and Spencer Plc. v. BNP Paribas Securities Services Trust Company Ltd. is of significant interest to landlords and tenants in relation to the interpretation of commercial lease provisions.

On 4 September 2015, the Irish Revenue Commissioners ("Revenue") issued updated guidance to confirm their position on the VAT treatment of discretionary portfolio management services...

In two recent cases, the Supreme Court imposed costs on solicitors for wasting court time.

This month's column looks at a few recent tax case judgements of interest to those involved in the owner managed business sector and in particular the nature of the voting rights and other rights attributable to...

A question we are frequently asked by clients involved in litigation before the Irish High Court is whether non-parties to the proceedings can access their documents which have been opened in Court.

The recent judgment of Ulster Bank & Ors v McDonagh & Ors [2020] IEHC 185, is one in a series of judgments stemming from the purchase of a site at Kilpeddar in County Wicklow in 2008.

The manufacturer must reimburse the product replacement costs where such replacement is necessary to restore the level of safety which a person is entitled to expect.

On 24 February 2016, the General Court of the European Union held that Coca-Cola's 3D bottle shape mark lacked the distinctive character required in order for it to be registered as a Community Trade Mark ("CTM").

The General Data Protection Regulation 2016/697 ("the GDPR") and the Irish Data Protection Act 2018 ("the DPA") expressly provide that an individual ("the data subject") has the right to compensation...

Environmental, social, and governance, or ESG, is a set of criteria used to assess a company's impact on society and the environment, as well as its corporate governance practices.

APP fraud, an overview of recent UK cases and the current position in Ireland.

The question of employee's liability to the employer was considered by the Court of Appeal and the House of Lords in the UK in Lister v. Romford Ice & Cold Storage [1956] UKHL J1220-2 (Lord Denning dissenting).

While there is no statutory compulsory retirement age in Ireland, it has been the practice of many employers to set a retirement age of 65 to coincide with the State Pension age.