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The CCPC has recommended that a new dedicated grocery sector regulator be established in light of the proposed EU Directive on Unfair Trading Practices (COM (2018)173) (the "Directive").

Contained within Annexes to the European Commission's Work Program for 2025, was the withdrawal of the proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on adapting non-contractual...

The landscape for product liability litigation in Ireland is changing. We have previously written about these developments, including Directive (EU) 2024/2853...

Food nutrition labels are likely to gain a new appearance due to the European Commission's (Commission) intended introduction of a mandatory front-of-pack nutrition labelling proposal...

Potential changes to Ireland’s sale of goods legislation are unlikely to impact on the ongoing pyrite cases.

European rules on the tagging of bovine animals and on voluntary labelling of beef products are set to change in the near future.

The Plaintiff in this case sued for negligence and product liability against DePuy International Limited for defective product and device failure.

Manufacturers of products will be interested in two recent court decisions, one from the Irish High Court and one from the English Court of Appeal.

Defendants to product liability claims seeking to rely on the 'state of the art' defence must be prepared to provide full particulars (or details) of the facts which they say support the defence prior to trial.

Directive (EU) 2024/2853 on liability for defective products (Revised Directive) was published in the EU Official Journal on 18 November 2024 and came into effect on 8 December.

A new European Commission Regulation (Regulation 56/2013) came into force on 5 February 2013.

There has been a flurry of recent case law discussing the proper approach to instructing expert witnesses; in particular the appropriateness of solicitors instructing medical experts...

This monthly legal update from William Fry curates essential articles spanning technology transformation, foreign investment screening, product liability rulings, AI regulation developments, pension scheme complaints, building energy performance changes, insurance recovery frameworks, MiFID compliance expectations, and environmental assessment requirements.

The medical device landscape in the EU underwent significant regulatory developments over the past few years. 2024 is going to be another year of change for the sector.

Liability for defective products is governed in Ireland by the Liability for Defective Products Act 1991 (1991 Act), which transposed the EU legal framework laid down...

Updating the EU's product liability and safety regimes is a process which has been underway for a significant time.

On March 8 2005 the High Court dismissed proceedings against a German retailer on the grounds that neither Article 5(1) nor Article 5(3) of the Brussels I Regulation (44/2001) gave it jurisdiction to deal with the matter. The court followed the decision of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in Kalfelis v Schröder (1988 ECR 5565) in ruling that it had no jurisdiction as the root of the plaintiff's action against the German retailer related to a contract concluded in Nuremberg, Germany.