Ireland: Litigation, Mediation & Arbitration

A recent Supreme Court ruling delivered by Judge Maurice Collins has dismissed an appeal by Iconic Newspapers that the common law or statutory defence...

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The Department of Justice recently issued its Justice Plan 2024, which commits to making significant progress towards amending Ireland's defamation laws in 2024

As the transposition deadline (29 May 2026) approaches, the European Commission published four instruments on the transposition of the Recast Energy Performance of Buildings Directive.

On 25 July 2025, the Supreme Court delivered a pivotal decision in Dillon v Irish Life Assurance Plc [2025] IESC 37, which clarifies the treatment of emotional distress claims...

Third-party litigation funding remains largely unlawful in Ireland, primarily due to the enduring common law doctrines of maintenance and champerty.

The High Court has once again expressed its frustration with "quack lawyers" advising lay litigants to bring nonsensical, unmeritorious applications before the Court.

On 31 January 2025, a new statutory instrument came into force providing for significant changes to the Rules of the Superior Courts ("RSC").

On 5 December 2024, the Irish Court of Appeal referred to the Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") a question about site-specific conservation objectives...

Under Order 19, Rule 28 of the Rules of the Superior Courts, the courts have jurisdiction, among other things, to strike out proceedings where the plaintiff has no reasonable cause of action.

Under Irish law, as a general rule, costs typically follow the event such that the winning party recovers its party and party costs from the unsuccessful party.

In the latest of a series of judgments relating to actions taken by the Director of Corporate Enforcement (the Director) against former National Irish Bank (NIB) directors, in December 2011, the Supreme Court overturned a High Court decision to impose a nine-year disqualification order on Mr Barry Seymour, Executive Director of NIB from April 1994 to July 1996.