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When Does The Clock Start? Key Takeaways From The CJEU’s Recent Sanofi Pasteur Judgment

Less than a year before the transposition of the revised Product Lability Directive1, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) has provided some welcome clarification on the application of the limitation periods...

Ireland Litigation

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McCann Fitzgerald

Navigating Public Inquiries (Part 2): Process And Documentary Evidence

Public inquiries must adhere to strict procedural fairness and natural justice requirements, but achieving this can be challenging as the process evolves.

Ireland Litigation

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McCann Fitzgerald

High Court Clarifies Employer Duty In Workplace Accident Claim

The High Court has dismissed a claim taken by an employee who suffered personal injuries when she tripped over a vacuum cleaner at the dental practice where she worked.

Ireland Litigation

DE

Dillon Eustace

Civil Reform Bill 2025: An Overhaul Of Civil Litigation Procedure

On 6 January 2026, the Minister for Justice published the General Scheme of a Civil Reform Bill 2025 (General Scheme), which, if enacted, will deliver significant, wide-ranging reforms of Ireland's civil justice system.

Ireland Litigation

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Dillon Eustace

Court Of Appeal Upholds Modular Trial Order In Clinical Negligence Case

Ireland Litigation

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RDJ LLP

Professional Negligence And The Duty Of Care: Lessons From The High Court

Ireland Litigation

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Dillon Eustace

Personal Injury Claim For School Yard Fall Dismissed

Ireland Litigation

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Dillon Eustace

Personal Injuries: 50% Contributory Negligence As Both Parties Equally To Blame

Ireland Litigation

DE

Dillon Eustace

Kandaurova v Circle K Energy Group Limited [2025] IECA 13 (Video)

Ireland Litigation

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Dillon Eustace

New High Court Practice Directions Introduced For Clinical Negligence Actions

Ireland Litigation

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Dillon Eustace

Medical Negligence: Appeal On Costs Differential Order Dismissed

Ireland Litigation

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William Fry

Supreme Court Clarifies Emotional Distress Claims: PIAB Authorisation Not Required

Ireland Litigation

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RDJ LLP

Wheelbarrows And Workplace Risk: The High Court Clarifies The Limits Of Employer Liability

Ireland Litigation

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RDJ LLP

New High Court Practice Directions For Clinical Negligence Claims

Ireland Litigation

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Matheson

Blocking Bad-Faith DSARs: The Brillen Rottler Ruling

Ireland Privacy

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McCann Fitzgerald

The Maples Irish Employment Law Podcast – Legal Update For Employers In Ireland – AI Regulation Of Workforce Practices

Ireland Technology

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Maples Group

EDPB 2025 Annual Report: Recent Trends

Ireland Privacy

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McCann Fitzgerald

The CLOser – April 2026

Ireland Finance

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Maples Group

Navigating Legal Privilege When Using Generative AI

Worldwide Technology

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McCann Fitzgerald

New Practice Directions For Medical Cases

Practice Direction HC131 commencing on 28 April provides a new procedure for the application for trial dates in clinical negligence actions.

Ireland Litigation

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RDJ LLP

Clinical Negligence List In Irish High Court Established

The President of the High Court has issued two new Practice Directions, both of which come into effect on 28 April 2025.

Ireland Litigation

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William Fry

New High Court Practice Direction For Clinical Negligence Trial Dates

The President of the High Court has issued Practice Direction HC130: Clinical Negligence Actions – Applications for Trial Dates, which will come into operation on 28 April 2025.

Ireland Litigation

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William Fry

The High Court Approves Modular Trial Of Two Distinct Questions Of Fact In A Medical Negligence Claim

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.

Ireland Litigation

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RDJ LLP

The Rising Costs Of Health-Related Claims

Ireland Healthcare

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RDJ LLP

High Court Considers Legal Costs Arising From Accident Caused By Untraced Driver

Ireland Litigation

DE

Dillon Eustace

Does A Duty Of Care Exist As Between Healthcare Providers And A Relative Of A Patient In A Nervous Shock Claim?

Ireland Healthcare

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RDJ LLP

The Decision And Effects Of The Supreme Court Decision In Delaney v. PIAB & Ors.

Ireland Litigation

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RDJ LLP

Minimum PI Cover Required For Insurance Intermediaries To Increase

European Union Insurance

WF

William Fry

High Court Rejects Applications To Dismiss

Ireland Litigation

DE

Dillon Eustace

Personal Injuries In Irish Schools - An Update

Ireland Litigation

DE

Dillon Eustace

S.1.391 25 Years On - And The Harrington Undertaking

Ireland Litigation

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RDJ LLP

Statute Of Limitations: Supreme Court Considers When The ‘Clock' Starts To Run In Professional Negligence Claims

Ireland Litigation

DE

Dillon Eustace

InDisputes: High Court Upholds TAC Determination On Time Limits

M

Matheson

Personal Injuries In Irish Schools - An Update

Our February 2019 article detailed the duty of care owed by schools to their students in the context of injuries arising from physical activity.

Ireland Litigation

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Dillon Eustace

S.1.391 25 Years On - And The Harrington Undertaking

As S.I. 391/1998 - Rules of the Superior Courts (No 6) Disclosure of Reports and Statements approaches its 25th birthday. The decision of the Court of Appeal...

Ireland Litigation

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RDJ LLP

Statute Of Limitations: Supreme Court Considers When The ‘Clock' Starts To Run In Professional Negligence Claims

The Supreme Court's decision in Smith v Cunningham & Others [2023] IESC 13 provides helpful direction on the sometimes difficult question as to the point from which a cause of action accrues...

Ireland Litigation

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Dillon Eustace

InDisputes: High Court Upholds TAC Determination On Time Limits

The recent High Court (the "Court") decision in Thomas McNamara v The Revenue Commissioners has again emphasised the importance of taking due care when preparing for appeals before the Tax Appeals Commission ("TAC").

M

Matheson

Clarification At Last! Costs Update- "Special Circumstances" And Order 53 Rule 2 (2) Of The District Court Rules

Ireland Litigation

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RDJ LLP

Liquidator's Actions Amounted To Negligence

In a recent High Court decision, it was ruled that the liquidator not only failed in his application before the court, but in bringing forward an application that was 'doomed to fail'...

Ireland Commercial

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William Fry

When Spectators Take The Hit – Spectator Litigation In Ireland (Video)

While litigation taken by spectators is relatively rare in Ireland, it has arisen in golf, ice hockey and rugby.

Ireland Litigation

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William Fry

Removal Of All Dangers From Premises Imposes Unreasonable Burden On Occupiers

The High Court (Humphries J.) has affirmed a decision of the Circuit Court, dismissing a plaintiff's personal injuries action on the basis that the action did not succeed under ...

Ireland Litigation

DE

Dillon Eustace

Report On Key Recommendation Of Expert Group Report To Review The Law Of Torts And The Current Systems For The Management Of Clinical Negligence Claims

On 16 December last, the Expert Group, chaired by Mr Justice Charles Meenan, published a report reviewing the Law of Torts and the current systems for management of clinical negligence claims

Ireland Litigation

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RDJ LLP

Supreme Court Overturns Court Of Appeal In Key Financial Loss Test Case

Ireland Litigation

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Dillon Eustace

Court Confirms Jurisdiction To Extend Time In Defamation Proceedings Retrospectively

Ireland Litigation

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RDJ LLP

Sign At Your Peril

Ireland Insurance

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Beale & Co

Settling With A Concurrent Wrongdoer

Ireland Litigation

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Dillon Eustace

ESMA's Letter To The European Commission On Its Review Of AIFMD

Ireland Finance

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Dillon Eustace

Carillion v KPMG: Court Provides Guidance On Pre-Action Disclosure In Auditor's Negligence Claim

Ireland Litigation

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Beale & Co

High Court Confirms Cooke -v- Cronin On Requirement For Expert Report In Professional Negligence Proceedings

Ireland Litigation

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RDJ LLP

Can A Medical Negligence Claim Continue After A Defendant's Death?

Ireland Litigation

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RDJ LLP

High Court: Impact On Professional Indemnity Insurance A Factor In Dismissal Of Negligence Claim

Ireland Litigation

DE

Dillon Eustace

Expert Evidence Required To Proceed In Professional Medical Negligence Action

Ireland Litigation

DE

Dillon Eustace

Professional Negligence Claim Dismissed On Grounds Of Delay

Ireland Litigation

DE

Dillon Eustace

You Raise Me Up, So I Can…Sue My Employer?

Ireland Litigation

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Arthur Cox

Periodic Payment Orders In Catastrophic Injury Cases

Ireland Litigation

M

Matheson

Delay In Professional Negligence Claims

Ireland Litigation

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Matheson

Concurrent Wrongdoers And The Civil Liability Act – Defender v HSBC

Ireland Litigation

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Dillon Eustace

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When Spectators Take The Hit – Spectator Litigation In Ireland (Video)

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William Fry

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