The World Justice Project (WJP) earlier this month published its Rule of Law Index (The Index) for 2022. The index is generated from surveys of more than 150,000 households and 3,600 legal...

It has been confirmed that the much-anticipated Supreme Court hearing of the appeal of the decision of Dillon v Irish Life [2024] will be heard on the 17 December 2024.

The Data Protection Bill is in the process of being debated and finalised.

The Student Tenancies Bill (Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2024) only published on 3 July 2024, was introduced, debated and passed all stages in both Dáil and Seanad by 11 July.

On 21 September the Minister for Justice, Heather Humphreys TD, announced that the Cabinet had approved the drafting of a new law which would halt for now what would have been...

On 31 July 2025, the Data Protection Commission (DPC) launched the Adult Safeguarding Toolkit. This resource is designed to guide organisations and professionals who process the personal data of vulnerable...

In a previous insight here, RDJ examined the 2018 case of Noirin O'Sullivan v Irish Examiner where the High Court refused former Garda Commissioner Noirin O'Sullivan an extension of time within...

"Crowdfunding: obtaining small amounts of individual funding from a large number of different sources through online platforms that match lenders and investors with businesses or individuals seeking finance".

Ms. Geraghty was in a romantic relationship with the Third Named Defendant in the proceedings,

Following public consultation which closed on 30th September 2017, the IEDR, will be liberalising the application process effective from March 2018.

While we were assured for months that it was oven-ready, the UK-EU trade deal was finally agreed on Christmas eve.

Due to the ongoing global pandemic caused by the Covid-19 virus, the Personal Injuries Assessment Board (PIAB) has recently introduced new measures when submitting personal injury applications.

It is now been over 3 months since sports clubs in this jurisdiction have enjoyed competitive action in their chosen discipline. June 29th is identified as the day upon which sport can resume in Ireland, with training under strict ...

Many employers hold the mistaken view that they can easily dismiss an employee during their probationary period, as the employee does not have recourse to the Unfair Dismissals Acts 1977 - 2015.

Thomas Loomes Practising as Thomas Loomes & Company Solicitors v Rippington & Ors (Approved) [2020] IEHC 237 (06 March 2020)

The Mediation Act (the "Act"), which was signed into law on 2 October 2017, places a new statutory obligation on litigants to consider mediation as a means of resolving a dispute.

The Personal Injuries Guidelines Committee (the "Committee") have carried out a review of the Personal Injuries Guidelines (the "Guidelines") having regard to the following two matters...

The extension of termination dates for residential tenancies will begin to expire on 31 March next in accordance with The Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies)...

On 18 October 2022, the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O'Brien, received Cabinet approval for legislation which will provide a temporary and conditional stay on tenancy

In July 2016 the European Commission adopted Implementing Decision 2016/1250