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Eamon Jones and Clare Dowling of LK Shields consider a recent court ruling on minority shareholder oppression and costs. A recent decision of the Court of Appeal showcases the potential of section 212 of the Companies Act 2014, which provides for remedies for shareholders in cases of oppression, upo

Gerard Kelly, partner at Mason Hayes & Curran, flags up a significant EU court ruling on trade mark claims and counterclaims. The EU’s highest court, the CJEU, has recently ruled that a national court acting as an EU trade mark court hearing an action for infringement has jurisdiction to r

Gerard Kelly, partner at Mason Hayes & Curran, examines a recent EU Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) decision on Dior's saddle-shaped handbag. The Second Board of Appeal of the EUIPO has held recently that the iconic Christian Dior saddle-shaped handbag is not sufficiently distinctive to be

Matheson partners Kate McKenna and Davinia Brennan explain coming changes to Ireland's data retention regime. New Irish data retention laws governing the retention and access of electronic communications data are in the pipeline following two fresh data retention judgments from the Court of Justice

Brian Hallissey BL considers the implications of a recent Court of Appeal ruling for expert witnesses and the lawyers who call them. There is a very significant warning sounded by the Court of Appeal to experts and their lawyers in Patrick Duffy v Brendan McGee t/a McGee Insulation Services & An

Nathan Campbell and Laura Gooding of Cleaver Fulton Rankin consider a recent court ruling on nationality. In a previous article, we covered the case of Re Ní Chuinneagain where the High Court did not accept that the conferral of British citizenship on the applicant, who was born in Northern I

Sarah Slevin of RDJ LLP considers what's next in the long-running saga around EU-US data transfers. Ted Lasso may be one of the US’s most famous recent fictional exports to this side of the Atlantic, but it is transfers in the other direction that recently made headlines.

Barry Doherty BL examines the Communications Regulation Bill 2022 and its provision for significant fines. On 15 September 2022, the Data Protection Commission announced a €405 million fine for the activities of Instagram. On 29 September the Central Bank of Ireland announced that it was fining

Rachel Mc Causland of Taylor Wessing Ireland examines the pitfalls of celebrities endorsing financial products. Kim Kardashian was recently charged by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for advertising a crypto asset on Instagram without disclosing that she was being paid $250,000 by th

James Lawless is one of the busiest backbenchers in the Dáil. The barrister and Fianna Fáil politician has chaired the Oireachtas justice committee for the past two years — a hard-working body which deals with more legislation than every other committee combined. The committee's

The first women were admitted to the barristers’ representative body 101 years ago today. Both Frances Kyle and Averil Deverell became students at the King’s Inns in 1920 after the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919 and a resolution of the King’s Inns Benchers enabled women to

Bill Holohan SC offers thoughts — and a bit of legal history — on the government's landmark licensing law reforms. Last week, Justice Minister Helen McEntee received cabinet approval to reform Ireland’s "antiquated licensing system". The current system is made up of a "patchwork of

Doug McMahon, partner at McCann FitzGerald, examines the tightening regulation of businesses' environmental claims in Ireland and across Europe. As consumers become increasingly well-informed about environmentally friendly practices and causes, brands must ensure that any sustainability claims made

This has been another eventful month for Gavin Booth. On Friday 7 October, a judge at the High Court in Belfast ruled that the PSNI was in breach of a legal duty to carry out an effective investigation into a fatal loyalist gun attack on a pub in Co Down 30 years ago, which involved allegations of c

The Constitution of the Irish Free State was adopted by Act of Dáil Éireann 100 years ago yesterday. The 1922 Constitution officially came into effect just over a month later in early December after receiving royal assent. It was Ireland’s first Constitution and contained 83 Arti