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The Irish Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan recently announced the passage of the Civil Liability (Amendment) Act 2017.

The 2010 Supreme Court decision in Meadows v The Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform [2010] IESC 3 clarified the extent to which a decision of an administrative decision-maker might successfully be set aside by way of judicial review on the basis of a lack of proportionality, as opposed to the previous, higher-threshold, bases of utter unreasonableness or irrationality.

Judicial review is a narrow remedy, which enables you to challenge only the legality of a decision, not its merits.

The Banking Inquiry published its final report on 27 January 2016. One of its recommendations is that the freedom of information ("FOI") exemptions should be reviewed...

Dunnes ran an advertising campaign in the summer of 2013 which claimed that their prices were cheaper than Aldi's prices for 262 separate products.

Put simply, judicial review is the legal procedure which enables persons to challenge the decisions of public bodies made in exercise, or purported exercise, of their public functions, or, indeed, the omissions of such bodies.

The Irish Court Rules permit the Courts on the application of any party to litigation, or on the Court's own motion, where appropriate, to order that any issue in the proceedings be resolved by ADR.

Two recent High Court decisions make it clear that the Circuit Court does not have jurisdiction to hear an appeal against the Data Protection Commissioner's refusal to investigate a complaint.

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) recently published draft guidelines (Guidelines) which may impact online service providers' ability to process personal data.

Last month, the Irish government published the General Scheme of the Data Protection Bill 2017 (the "Scheme").

The Irish courts have a history of incorporating certain terms into construction contracts.

The Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government issued these guidelines under section 28 of the Planning and Development Act 2000.

With Ireland's 12.5% tax rate accepted by all other EU Member States and further endorsed in today's Budget, we are continuing to advise numerous multi-national companies ("MNCs") on the use of Ireland as part of their global strategy.

In the final part of our series examining the rise of blockchain, we discuss how governments, regulators and businesses are approaching the emergence of blockchain and distributed ledger technologies and the major legal and regulatory issues they need to understand and address to fully harness their potential.

Bitcoin and other digital currencies are becoming increasingly popular. This has focussed the attention of governments and regulators on these non-traditional forms of payment that are increasingly

The Companies Act 2014 was signed into law in December 2014 and is expected to commence on Monday, 1 June 2015.

Cloud computing is the delivery of on-demand computing resources and services over the internet on a pay-for-use basis.

Until recently, Irish creditors could reasonably assume that money judgments awarded in Ireland could be enforced within all other EU member states, including the UK.