Our organisation has just become aware that one of our employees has a medical condition which we believe makes them unsuitable to work in our particular working environment.

Further to our previous Insight on no fault terminations (see here) the issue has once again come before the High Court in the highly publicised case of Philip Nolan v Science Foundation Ireland [2024] IEHC 368.

Proceed with caution! Terminating during probation was always one of the more straightforward ways in which to terminate an employment relationship,

The long awaited Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2018 (hereinafter known as "the Bill") was passed by Oireachtas (Final Stage) on 3 July 2019

The Commercial Court has dismissed the challenge taken by Transcore LP against Transport Infrastructure Ireland's decision to award the tolling operations contract for the M50 Motorway to Turas...

Ms. Justice Marie Baker has found in her recent judgment In the Matter of Niamh Meeley & Ors that debtors also have a voice in applications brought on their behalf by a Personal Insolvency Practitioner...

Fuelled by cycle of rising and falling insurance premiums, the high level of personal injury awards, and a series of high profile successes against fraudulent claimants, in recent times it seems...

In November 2025, the English High Court delivered judgment in Getty Images (US) Inc & Others v Stability AI Ltd EWHC 2863 (Ch).

On Oct. 15th, The Court of Appeal upheld the High Court decision against Caitriona Crumlish in her claim against Letterkenny University hospital.

In its judgment of 30 May 2025 in Kirwan v Connors , the Supreme Court has, by majority, reformulated the Primor principles that have applied for over 30 years to applications for the dismissal of claims for want of prosecution.

The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment has launched a public consultation on the transposition of an EU Directive on collective redress.

As Mr Justice Keane recently stated in the High Court case of Brian Maxwell v Irish Life Assurance and others, there is no strict chronological or arithmetical answer to the question ....

In recent years, the sale of non-performing loan portfolios by banks and other credit institutions to investment funds has become more prevalent

The High Court's recent judgment in O'Shaughnessy v Health Service Executive provides crucial guidance on when medical negligence proceedings may be dismissed for want of prosecution, particularly examining the significance of warning letters and the four-year inactivity threshold. Building on the Supreme Court's reformulated principles in Kirwan v Connors, the decision clarifies what procedural steps genuinely interrupt periods of delay and when the burden shifts to plaintiffs to justify continuation of st

This Judgment addressed an application by the HSE for a modular trial seeking to first resolve two key factual issues before any other issues are litigated.

In January 2026, the High Court delivered judgment in Higgins v Coleman and Motor Insurers’ Bureau of Ireland on the issue of costs and considered the consequences of advancing...

A judgment was given by the High Court in this breach of privacy claim on 3 November 2010. RDJ represented one of the Defendants.

Recent, high-profile controversies have thrown a pointed spotlight over social media/online multi-nationals and the extent to which their users should be protected ...

In 2016, the European Commission recognised the Privacy Shield as a mechanism providing an adequate level of protection upon the transfer of personal data from the European Union

Most standard form performance bonds provided on construction projects contain wording stating that the guarantor shall discharge the damages that have been "established and ascertained" by the employer,,,