On 26 February 2025, the EU Commission published a package of proposals aimed at simplifying EU rules, boosting competitiveness...

2024 saw much change in the area of Irish employment law, both in terms of new case law and legislative amendments.

In a pivotal moment for a sector that employs around 100,000 people in Ireland and delivers close to €100 billion in exports annually, the Department of Enterprise...

Although Euronext Dublin has recognised the UK Corporate Governance Code (a revised version of which was published by the UK Financial Reporting Council on 22 January 2024, the "UK Code") as being synonymous...

A recent High Court judgment in England dealt with several key concepts in English defamation law, including meanings, the burden of proof for the defences...

In September of this year, the Irish Data Protection Commission ("DPC") used its power under Article 64(2) of the GDPR to request an EDPB opinion in relation to the processing of personal data...

As the financial landscape continues to develop at pace and the way we do business changes, there has been increased focus on digital money and cryptocurrencies.

The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled on whether EU environmental information laws grant requesters a right to anonymity when making access requests.

MEPs agreed the European Parliament's negotiating position on the planned EU Critical Medicines Act (EU CMA) this week (20 January 2026), clearing the way for trilogue negotiations.

The European Data Protection Board ("EDPB") has issued detailed guidelines available here, (the "Guidelines") to clarify the use and benefits of pseudonymisation as a data protection measure under the GDPR.

Employers with employees who have contractual retirement ages of 65 or lower should be aware that new legislation will restrict the circumstances in which such retirement ages can be enforced.

One aspect of the European Commission's handling of the current financial crisis that has received relatively little mainstream coverage is the way in which it has applied the State aid rules to the measures taken by the Member States to shore up their financial systems and to rescue their banks and in the process greatly expanded its oversight role in financial services markets.

This week's package of health sector-focused measures from the European Commission contains a number of flagship deliverables under the July 2025 EU Life Sciences Strategy...

The global security landscape remains highly unstable, shaped by ongoing conflicts and intensifying geopolitical tensions. The wars in Ukraine and Gaza continue to shape the wider international defence landscape...

As a continuation of Part 2 in this series, which addressed some themes we commonly encounter relating to the process requirements of public inquiries and the handling of documentary evidence in particular...

On 21 March 2025 the European Commission published a study on Mapping Third Party Litigation Funding in the EU (the "Study").

The white flag has finally been raised on Ireland's new regulatory regime with the Gambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland (GRAI) this week announcing that from Monday 9 February 2026...

Recent UK and Irish cases underscore that directors may be personally liable for company actions, even under the doctrine of separate legal personality. Directors can be liable if they knowingly engage in wrongful acts, regardless of their intentions or awareness, as seen in Lifestyle Equities C.V. and Powers v Greymountain. This emphasizes the need for directors to be diligent in fulfilling their duties.

The EDPB lists ten principles for the compliant processing of personal data when determining the age or age range of an individual.

This briefing examines the High Court's first written judgment concerning the interpretation and application of Section 50 of the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 (the "2009 Act")...