Analysis

Olivia O'Kane, partner and head of media and entertainments at Carson McDowell, examines a recent English court case concerning the authorship of a screenplay. In Julia Kogan v Nicholas Martin & others [2019] EWCA Civ 1645, a dispute arose over the authorship of the screenplay for the film Flore

Alice O'Connor, associate at William Fry, considers a recent ruling with significance for debtors who own joint properties and creditors seeking to enforce against jointly owned property. In the recent case of ADM Mersey PLC v Bergin and Another [2020] IEHC 3, the High Court ruled on the effect of a

John Philpot Curran was one of the most accomplished Irish lawyers of the late 18th and early 19th century. An excellent orator, Curran’s speeches in the courtroom were regularly met with great acclaim. Born in Newmarket, County Cork on 24 July 1750, he was heavily influenced by his mother, Sa

Christopher Stanley, litigation consultant at KRW LAW LLP, examines the new Troubles-related incident victims' payments scheme. The Northern Ireland Office, following a public consultation in 2019, has published its Northern Ireland Troubles-related incident victims payments scheme. The scheme will

William Fry associates Adele Hall and Leeane Grace discuss developments in discovery. The importance of the discovery process during litigation was recently emphasised by the Supreme Court in overturning the Court of Appeal's decision in Tobin v Minister for Defence [2019] IESC 57 which we discussed

Michael Murphy, litigation partner at Holmes O'Malley Sexton Solicitors, weighs up a recent decision of the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) in England. In both Ireland and England, where a solicitor makes a mistake and their insurer authorises them to seek to resolve the deficiency, where tha

On Wednesday 7 January 1761, Dorcas Kelly (also known as Darkey Kelly) was executed near St Stephens Green in Dublin. Darkey was a sex worker and “brothel keeper” who had been found guilty of the murder of a shoemaker called John Dowling the previous year, and her sentence was “to

Employment law solicitor Richard Grogan of Richard Grogan & Associates looks at two recent tax appeal cases which have thrown existing practices to claim tax relief on employment awards into disarray. This issue arose in the Tax Appeals Commission in the case of an Appellant and the Revenue Comm

Writing for Irish Legal News, barrister Andrew McKeown interrogates the insurance industry's narrative about the effect of litigation on insurance premiums in Ireland. With debate raging over so-called "compensation culture", the insurance corporations blame rising premiums solely on lawyers and the

Julie Galbraith, employment partner at Eversheds Sutherland in Dublin, looks at the coronavirus outbreak from the perspective of Irish employers. The spread of the ‘Wuhan coronavirus’ is a global concern with the World Health Organisation now declaring a global emergency and, at the time

Scottish solicitor advocate Ronald Conway responds from the perspective of a lawyer in the UK to Michael Upton's recent reflections on Brexit. So John Cleese famously asked in The Life of Brian.

Joanne Ryan, associate at William Fry, examines a recent decision that answers a question that arose for practitioners from the Supreme Court judgment in Merck Sharp & Dohme. As my colleagues have discussed previously (here and here), the recent decision of the Supreme Court in Merck Sharp &

On the centenary of the Government of Ireland Act 1920, this piece of legislation will be recalled for effecting the partition of Ireland into Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland. What may be overlooked is that David Lloyd George’s Government of Ireland Act 1920 included a subsection which p

Senior Scottish advocate Michael Upton reflects on the UK's departure from the European Union. So Brexit is done.

Arthur Cox partners Karen Killoran and Niav O'Higgins look at a recent judgment on performance bonds, which are widely used in the construction industry as a means of protecting employers against non-performance or financial default by the contractor. If such circumstances arise, it is important tha