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Chief Justice Donal O'Donnell this morning opened a second two-day conference on access to justice, this time focusing on civil legal aid. We reproduce below the bulk of his opening address. Civil legal aid might indeed have been an obvious focus of the first conference of the Access to Justice Grou

It’s not the conventional opening to an Irish Legal News interview. Aonghus Kelly is speaking via Zoom from Kyiv and has recently emerged from the air raid shelter beneath his building. “I’m sitting in my kitchen and just got out of the shelter a little while ago as we’ve had

Matheson partners Brendan Colgan, Kevin Gahan, Julie Murphy-O'Connor and Tony O'Grady look at important changes to the Companies Act 2014, together with guidance provided by the Corporate Enforcement Authority, to assist directors in understanding what their obligations are and when they might be tr

There remains some way to go before Ireland has fully implemented the Collective Redress Directive, writes Orla Clayton. Over the course of 2022, we reported on the key steps in Ireland's implementation journey in relation to the EU Collective Redress Directive (EU) 2020/1828 — from the public

As Rishi Sunak arrives in Belfast for talks with political leaders on the Northern Ireland Protocol, Anurag Deb here examines the UK Supreme Court's latest Brexit ruling and what it means for the constitutional statutes doctrine. Anyone who is from Ireland, or who has witnessed a real (as opposed to

Emma Murphy of RDJ LLP discusses a recent High Court on Circuit case in which the firm acted and successfully appealed against Order 53, Rule 2(2) of the District Court Rules. The recent decision from Justice Miriam O’Regan in Teresa Field v Cork City Council, an appeal from the Circuit C

Matheson partner Mark O'Sullivan and senior associate Anna Crowley examine how Ireland is persevering as an attractive destination for foreign direct investment. 2022 was another year when major changes affecting global tax rules were agreed and as a result the tax landscape in Ireland is likely to

Professor Donncha O'Connell offers a critical perspective on the Attorney General's report into the State's historic handling of litigation concerning private nursing home charges. What was the Government thinking when it asked Attorney General Rossa Fanning, its own legal adviser, to produce a repo

In the first part of a new series for Irish Legal News, Gemma Healy-Murphy, an Irish lawyer who now lives and practises in Toronto, offers insights into Canada and its legal system. Canada is the second largest country in the world by landmass, with six time zones, 10 provinces, three territories, a

Mark D Finan BL and Rose Caroline McGrath BL explore a new development in litigation seeking damages arising from data breaches in Ireland. Data Protection Day 2023 brought a new development in litigation seeking damages arising from data breaches in Ireland pursuant to Article 82 GDPR and s.117 Dat

Cian McGoldrick BL considers recent examinership proceedings before the Irish courts and contends that they serve as an excellent example of the potency of the corporate insolvency regime in this jurisdiction. The recent examinership proceedings before the Irish High Court involving the well-known g

Olivia Boyle, solicitor in A&L Goodbody's Belfast office, examines recent case law on sexual harassment in the workplace. Two recent cases relating to sexual harassment in the workplace have highlighted how vital it is that employers are live to this issue and, more specifically, that any allega

Fieldfisher senior associates Will Glover and Neil Cahill examine the record to date of Ireland's Corporate Enforcement Authority (CEA). Heralded as "an Irish FBI for white-collar crime" by former Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, the Corporate Enforcement Authority (CEA) marked its six-month anniversary on 7

Enda Hurley, partner at A&L Goodbody, considers a recent English court decision on the validity of a notice to quit. The Court of Appeal (CoA) in England and Wales recently considered the validity of a notice to quit and held that a notice addressed to the wrong recipient was invalid. The court,

Hausfeld & Co LLP, a UK firm that specialises in collective competition law actions, announced on 20 October 2022 that it was launching a competition law claim against Amazon because of its Buy Box. The claim reported by Hausfeld is based on an abuse of Amazon’s dominant position through i