The Supreme Court, in Delaney v The Personal Injuries Assessment Board, the Judicial Council, Ireland and the Attorney General [2024] IESC10, has upheld the legality...

The Supreme Court in Dillon v Irish Life Assurance plc [2025] IESC 37 has clarified that a claim for emotional disturbances, such as anxiety...

The recent decision of the Court of Appeal in DPP and E.C. and Media Outlets [2020] IECA 292 highlights a section of the Children Act, 2001 which urgently needs legislative amendment to cure...

The Data Protection Commission ("DPC") has published guidance on the lawful bases for processing personal data.

Further to our previous bulletin in May 2015, the Central Bank of Ireland has, on 23 September 2015, published the findings of its review of the management of cyber security and related operational risks across investment firms, funds service providers and stockbrokers.

On the 31st October, 2013, the Minister for Justice, Equality and Defence Alan Shatter welcomed the publication of the commercial leases database ("Database") by the Property Services Regulatory Authority ("PSRA") pursuant to Section 87 of the Property Services (Regulation) Act, 2011, ("2011 Act").

When purchasing an apartment within a development, the usual title furnished is long leasehold. This may be either Land Registry long leasehold or Registry of Deeds long leasehold. Each development has communal areas, which are used by all apartment owners to access their respective apartments.

The terms "all reasonable endeavours", "reasonable endeavours" and "best endeavours" are regularly used in the drafting of commercial agreements and contracts.

On June 13, 2011, the Irish Funds Industry Association ("IFIA") published a new draft corporate governance code (the "Code") for the Irish funds industry.

On 30 June 2016, the European Commission adopted a Delegated Act supplementing the EU Regulation on KID for packaged retail and insurance-based investment products (the "PRIIPs Regulation").

Appian Asset Management Limited ("Appian") has been fined €443,000 for regulatory failures which, according to the Central Bank of Ireland (the "CBI"), left it exposed to cyber-fraud.

We will issue further updates as this progresses.

Amongst the various responses and Ministerial decisions referenced in the Department of Finance's Feedback Statement on its public consultation on MiFID II national discretions...

The FCA has opened the notification period for funds and firms wishing to continue to market and provide services into the UK under the proposed Temporary Permissions Regime ("TPR") in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

The memorandum summarises the ongoing obligations for funds listed on the Global Securities Market (the "GEM") of Euronext Dublin ("Euronext" and previously The Irish Stock Exchange).

ESMA has now launched a common supervisory action with national competent authorities on UCITS liquidity risk management.

In light of the COVID-19 crisis and the disruptions to business and the movement of people, the European Commission (following weeks of intense lobbying) published a proposed Directive...

The Audits Act now provides that the loss of exemption will be applicable for the two years subsequent to the year of the late filing.

On 5 October, 2015 the Central Bank of Ireland (the "Central Bank") issued a new set of regulations relating to Irish domiciled UCITS, their management companies and their depositaries...

While most provisions of CICA were commenced in phases during 2020 and 2021 (see our earlier briefings on CICA commencement here and here), section 18(4) remained uncommenced and was subsequently...