Government approves establishment of new Gambling Regulator By Gary Rice, Aidan Healy, Aideen Ryan, Brian Ormond, Niall Sexton Sports betting in Ireland is currently regulated by the Betting Act 1931…
EU Commission Notice on the recognition of professional qualifications post Brexit By Aideen Ryan, Gary Rice, Brian Ormond, Aidan Healy, Niall Sexton Directive 2005/36 EC*1 governs the system of recognition of professional qualifications in the EU…
Recent UK Court of Appeal decision on Fitness to Practise General Optical Council -v- Matthew Clarke By Gary Rice, Aideen Ryan, Brian Ormond, Aidan Healy, Niall Sexton The UK Court of Appeal recently gave judgment in a decision that provides an interesting…
Sports Law Update By Gary Rice, Aideen Ryan, Brian Ormond, Aidan Healy, Niall Sexton DAC Beachcroft's Sports Law Update focuses on news and events occurring within the sports sectors…
Insuring the World Cup: The Cup Runneth Over for Insurers By Gary Rice, Aideen Ryan, Brian Ormond, Aidan Healy, Niall Sexton Insurance costs are not the first thing to spring to mind for football fans when they think of the…
PCRS: What to expect when they're inspecting By Gary Rice, Aideen Ryan, Aidan Healy, Brian Ormond, Niall Sexton Pharmacists who provide services on behalf of the Primary Care Reimbursement Service ("PCRS") agree…
Clubs, Sports Bodies and the GDPR By Gary Rice, Aideen Ryan, Aidan Healy, Brian Ormond, Niall Sexton It can be a challenge for sporting bodies to meet their obligations under existing data protection…
US legalises gambling and Ireland moves towards regulating it By Gary Rice, Aidan Healy, Niall Sexton The US Supreme Court has struck down the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act 1992…
HPRA expresses its concern at the significant increase in the number of illegal prescription medicines By Gary Rice, Brian Ormond, Aidan Healy, Niall Sexton On 17 April 2018, the Health Products Regulatory Authority (the “HPRA”) expressed concern in…
Doctor refused judicial review against the decision of the Medical Council By Gary Rice, Brian Ormond, Aidan Healy, Niall Sexton Ahmed v The Fitness to Practice Committee of the Medical Council & Ors, [2018] IEHC 75 (2018) …
Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland ("PSI") Corporate Strategy 2018-2020 & Service Plan 2018 By Gary Rice, Brian Ormond, Aidan Healy, Niall Sexton The PSI recently published its Corporate Strategy for 2018 to 2020 ("the Strategy")…
Nursing and Midwifery Council in UK publish consultation in relation to the proposed overhaul of its fitness to practise process By Gary Rice, Brian Ormond, Aidan Healy, Niall Sexton On 4 April 2018, the Nursing and Midwifery Council (the “NMC”) launched a public consultation in…
Ireland case note: General Medical Council v Dr Bawa-Garba By Gary Rice, Aidan Healy, Niall Sexton, Brian Ormond On 25 January 2018, the High Court in England and Wales delivered a judgment in an appeal brought…
The Maria Sharapova Decision – a Double Fault? By Gary Rice, Aidan Healy The Court of Arbitration for Sport's (CAS) decision in the Sharapova has the potential to undermine…
Corbally v. The Medical Council – One year on By Gary Rice, Aidan Healy This is the third in a series of articles which examine the process by which the PSI supervises…
Is Pharmacy Fitness to Practice fit for purpose? By Gary Rice, Aidan Healy This is the second in a series of three articles which will examine the process by which the PSI…