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In Olimp Laboratories sp z oo v European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) (Case T-511/22), the General Court has examined whether parties can rely on earlier decisions of the EUIPO...

Following the recent CJEU decision in North East Pylon Pressure Campaign Ltd. and Maura Sheehy v. An Bord Pleanála & Ors, C-470/16 (NEPP) (accessible here), there have been two decisions of the Irish High Court...

A recent decision has reaffirmed that, depending on the facts, terms and conditions of lending can be incorporated and apply to a bank/client relationship.

The time-limit provisions contained in the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (TCA 1997) serve an important role in providing certainty and safeguarding taxpayers against the reopening of their tax aairs outside a four-year period.

Decisions of the Financial Services Ombudsman ("FSO") are often challenged in the courts. An appeal from a decision of the FSO is, in the first instance, brought to the High Court.

The insurer did ultimately provide the assurance sought and in light of that, the High Court declined to order that the Plaintiff should provide security for costs.

In Waldron v Herring the High Court set out when it would allow a non-party to proceedings to be joined as a plaintiff (whether as a co-plaintiff, in addition to the existing plaintiff, or as sole plaintiff, in substitution for the original plaintiff) on the foot of an assignment agreement.

The Supreme Court has held that a floating charge, crystallised by notice, prior to the commencement of a winding up, ranks ahead of preferential creditors.

Simple retention of title clauses are commonplace and generally effective in contracts for the sale of goods. However, extending their effect to the proceeds of sale of such goods requires careful drafting.

The Irish High Court recently declined to recognise an English judgment in respect of a gambling debt on the basis that to do so would be manifestly contrary to Irish public policy.

The Irish Supreme Court has confirmed in a recent case the courts' jurisdiction to make a person who is not a party to proceedings, but who funds and directs the proceedings on behalf of an impecunious corporate...

For judgments and proceedings commenced before January 10 2015, the Brussels I Regulation (44/2001) applies.

The Criminal Justice (Perjury and Related Offences) Act 2021 (Act) came into operation on 28 July 2021.

Corporates undertaking an internal investigation into potential wrongdoing will welcome a recent decision of the English Court of Appeal.

The European Commission (the "Commission") has published a draft Directive[1] which, if implemented, would introduce, for the first time in Ireland, a style of class action litigation by consumers against corporates.

The Civil Reform Bill 2025 (the Bill) marks a significant step towards the implementation of the Report on the Review of the Administration of Civil Justice in Ireland (the Kelly Report).

This article considers the decision of Ms Justice Gearty in the recent case of Start Mortgages v Barry Piggott1. The Court found that the twelve year limitation period...

The UK Supreme Court recently handed down an important judgment concerning the statutory interpretation of the legislative framework regulating litigation funding agreements