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16 July 2024
Commercial Court Rules on Increase Provision in Pension Scheme
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15 April 2024
Update of recognition and enforcement of UK judgments: Hague Judgments Convention…
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11 August 2023
The Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act: Considerations for Pension Schemes
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22 June 2023
New Litigation Principles to Guide State Parties
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4 April 2023
Regulatory Licensing: Policy can Lawfully Change
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29 November 2022
Appeal Court confirms jurisdiction to grant summary judgment in defended plenary…
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21 September 2022
Litigation funding - new rules on the way?
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28 July 2022
English Courts Stay Proceedings to Give Effect to Brexit Transitional Provisions
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14 October 2021
McCann FitzGerald’s Jennifer Halpin & Seán Barton win Lexology Client Choice…
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12 October 2021
McCann FitzGerald Advises Trinseo PLC on its Redomiciliation from Luxembourg to Ireland
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3 September 2021
Courts Service Annual Report 2020 Offers Insights into Challenging Year
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24 August 2021
McCann FitzGerald Advises DEPFA ACS Bank on Solvent Scheme of Arrangement
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9 August 2021
Financial Services: Senior Executive Accountability Regime
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17 June 2021
High Court Decision Illustrates the Potential Complexities of EU Cross-Border Litigation
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2 June 2021
Disputes: Criminal Procedure Act 2021 - Better Case Management in White Collar Crime?
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29 March 2021
COVID-19: Swearing of Affidavits Can Go Online
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25 March 2021
Disputes: Backdrop of Alleged Fraud no Bar to Recognition of EU Member State Judgment
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9 February 2021
Disputes – Investigations and White Collar Crime: Whistleblower Out of Time for…
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9 February 2021
Disputes – Investigations and White Collar Crime: Whistleblowing in 2020
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2 February 2021
COVID-19: Additional Obligations Introduced for Most International Arrivals
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26 January 2021
Disputes - Investigations and White Collar Crime: EU Fraud Offences Implemented into…
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9 December 2020
Overhaul of Discovery Procedures Recommended
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8 December 2020
Disputes – Investigations and White Collar Crime: Hamilton Report Published with…
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8 December 2020
Review Group Report sets out the Path for Extensive Reform of Civil Justice in Ireland
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26 November 2020
Collective Redress on the way for Consumers under EU Law
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17 November 2020
Interrogatories: High Court Judgment Examines Leave Requirement
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3 November 2020
Public Bodies: Consult with Care
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21 October 2020
Private International Law Aspects of Smart Contracts Utilizing Distributed Ledger…
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17 July 2020
Disputes: Strict Liability Regulatory Offences - Why Ignorance might not be a Defence
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29 June 2020
Job Titles Aren’t Everything When It Comes to Wrong-Doing
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3 June 2020
McCann FitzGerald Wins Two Awards at Benchmark Litigation Awards 2020
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28 May 2020
Time Limits for Challenging Ongoing Administrative Actions and for Public Law Challenges…
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21 April 2020
COVID-19: Litigation and Dispute Resolution Update
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15 April 2020
Recent Barclays Acquittals and the Identification Doctrine; is it now time to implement…
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18 March 2020
COVID-19: Proposed Emergency Legislation
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12 March 2020
Disputes: White Collar Crime – Overview of Sentencing of Individual Offenders
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10 March 2020
“Not a good look”: Court may re-open judgment where party withholds relevant…
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28 February 2020
Disputes – Investigations and White Collar Crime: A new era for enforcement against…
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20 February 2020
Privileged material not compellable by regulator
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14 February 2020
McCann FitzGerald Partners Laura Treacy & Seán Barton win Lexology Client Choice…
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11 November 2019
Disputes - Bookmaker’s Judicial Review Application at odds with Public/Private…
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6 November 2019
Disputes - Non-party Costs Orders in Ireland
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29 October 2019
Disputes – Investigations and White Collar Crime: Ireland’s new Anti-Corruption…
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10 October 2019
Disputes – Investigations and White Collar Crime: Provision of Financial Information…
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4 October 2019
Facebook Responsible for Worldwide Removal of Defamatory Comments
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19 September 2019
Defamation and Social Media - the ordinary, reasonable tweeter
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11 September 2019
Disputes - Investigations and White Collar Crime. Ireland’s Anti-Corruption law…
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21 August 2019
Disputes - Further Clarification on Applications to Substitute a Plaintiff
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6 August 2019
Disputes – Investigations and White Collar Crime - Deferred Prosecution Agreements
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1 August 2019
Disputes - Investigations and White Collar Crime - High Court Inspectors
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30 July 2019
Disputes - Investigations and White Collar Crime. Ireland’s Anti-Corruption…
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24 July 2019
Supreme Court Rules Expert Advice Can Stop the Limitations Clock in Certain Circumstances
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16 July 2019
White-Collar Crime Series: The Privilege Against Self-Incrimination in Ireland –…
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11 July 2019
New Hague Judgments Convention Adopted
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8 July 2019
White Collar Crime: Officially Induced Error can halt a Criminal Trial
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4 July 2019
Trespass Alone did not Amount to Misfeasance in Public Office without “Bad Faith”
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3 July 2019
Futures and Derivatives Law Report
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14 June 2019
High Court Calls a Halt to Derivative Action
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30 May 2019
White Collar Crime: Supreme Court Dispels Doubts on Possible Unconstitutionality…
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16 May 2019
McCann FitzGerald Wins Three Major Awards at Benchmark Litigation Awards 2019
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12 April 2019
2018 in the Commercial Court
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10 April 2019
Litigating in the EU: Limitation Periods Across Borders
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22 March 2019
‘No Deal’ Brexit: Service of Proceedings
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21 March 2019
Supreme Court Clarifies Scope of Possible Judicial Intervention in Work of Parliamentary…
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14 March 2019
Inspection: A Useful Pre-Trial Litigation Tool
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1 March 2019
High Court Considers Bankers’ Book Evidence Acts, Loan Sales and Credit Servicing…
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10 December 2018
Summary Briefing - The New Corruption Act
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6 December 2018
Delivery of Expert Reports – A One Time Only Event?
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5 December 2018
Welcome Changes Announced in the Court of Appeal to Address Delay
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4 December 2018
Lobbying Code of Conduct Published
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27 November 2018
Service of Proceedings Within the EU– Irish Anomaly Addressed
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19 November 2018
How Fundamental is the Rule of Law? An EU Showdown on Judicial Independence
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13 November 2018
Supreme Court Quashes Corruption Conviction Citing an Inroad on the Presumption of…
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12 November 2018
Litigation Privilege and Witness Statements – High Court Clarifies the Law
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2 November 2018
Cross-Border Enforcement Within the EU May Still be Subject to Local Rules
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19 October 2018
Creeping Corporate Liability for Criminal Offences
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5 October 2018
Judicial Review Time Limit Halts Francovich Claim
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21 September 2018
Extent of Fair Procedures Required Depends on Context and Practicalities
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12 September 2018
Leapfrog and Tertiary Appeals: When and How?
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7 September 2018
Striking the Balance: Interlocutory Relief in Judicial Review
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16 July 2018
Objective Bias: How Independent Does an Independent Investigator Need to Be?
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13 July 2018
Bribery – Out with the Old, In with the New!
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5 July 2018
Central Bank Imposes First Cyber-Fraud Sanction
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22 June 2018
McCann FitzGerald advises IPL Plastics on TSX IPO and innovative restructuring
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12 June 2018
When Does Time Start to Run for Limitation Purposes in Property Damage Claims Based…
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11 June 2018
Double Jeopardy and Administrative Sanctions
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31 May 2018
Corporate “Managers” Beware
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21 May 2018
Discovery: Understanding the Importance of the Implied Undertaking and How it May…
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17 May 2018
New Corruption Legislation Finally in Sight
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26 April 2018
Whistleblower Protection to Strengthen Across the EU
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23 March 2018
Court of Appeal Finds ESB not Liable for Flooding at UCC
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13 March 2018
Supreme Court Gives Helpful Guidance on Aspects of Lodgment Procedure
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12 March 2018
Bribery and Corruption Update
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8 March 2018
Guarantee Cap Irrelevant to Award of Courts Act Interest
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6 March 2018
2017 in the Commercial Court: A Busy Year
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23 February 2018
Can a Receiver be Appointed to a Debtor’s Future Receipts?
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16 February 2018
When Can You Enter a Conditional Appearance?
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16 January 2018
Normal Rule on Costs Disapplied Against Regulator
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18 December 2017
Legal Advice Privilege: “Definite and Reasonable Foundation” Test Adopted to…
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14 December 2017
McCann FitzGerald advises AIB on the establishment of AIB Group plc
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