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FinTech By Tim Ryan What is a Collection? A Collection is a selection of features, articles, comments and opinions on any given theme or topic. It allows you to stay up-to-date with what interests you most, by collecting everything into useful packages. A Collection…
TMT, software, tech projects and outsourcing By Tim Ryan The current decade has seen 'outsourcing' evolve into 'strategic sourcing' as the efficiency gains and other benefits of entrusting an organisations non-core functions to vendors are more open to question and scrutiny: whether you are looking at a…
Requirement to Report Historic Sexual Abuse of a Child By Aisling Crowley McGrath v The Health Serve Executive [2022] IEHC 541 The High Court considered, as part of a judicial review, the proper interpretation of the mandatory recording obligation created under Section 14 (1)(a) of the Children First Act 2015 (“the 2015…
War exclusions in cyber policies: an overview By Julian Miller This article was originally published on Practical Law and is reproduced with the permission of the publishers. This article provides an overview of the use of war exclusions in cyber insurance policies, the background to the use of war exclusions…
Building Safety Act - Responsible Actors Scheme – Opting in is the only option By Rebecca Austin Earlier this month, we reported on the stark ultimatum given to major developers – to sign the Developer Remediation Contract (DRC), or face the consequences ( Developer Remediation Contract - Sign on the dotted line… or else ) We now have a…
Jurisdiction of the High Court over the Cervical Check Tribunal By Niamh McKeever This is a case taken through the CervicalCheck Tribunal where a settlement was reached between the Plaintiff and one of the Defendants at mediation and just prior to the Tribunal hearing date. While DAC Beachcroft Dublin were involved in the…
The Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019 - Update By Niamh McKeever The Taoiseach, Micheál Martin recently said in the Dail in relation to the Patient Safety Bill, “I want the legislation concluded by the end of the year [2022], and we will work with might and main to make sure that happens,”. The Taoiseach was…
Disclosure of expert reports By Niamh McKeever This is another case which arises from the CervicalCheck controversy where the Plaintiff’s smear test was allegedly incorrectly analysed and incorrectly reported as normal and the Plaintiff subsequently developed cervical cancer.
Cervical Check Update By Niamh McKeever Dr Gabriel Scally was originally tasked with investigating the Cervical Check controversy which followed the case of Vicky Phelan in 2018. To recap, the controversy emerged when it became known that hundreds of women diagnosed with cervical cancer…
Housebuilder tip of the month: Green Loans - Tips for the Unwary By Andrew Hollier The defining feature of a green loan is that the proceeds are used for green purposes. A key point worth knowing is that green loans are not reserved for companies set up for a specific environmentally-friendly objective. It is the nature of the…
Driving innovation and growth in Life Sciences By Alison McAdams After the many challenges that the life sciences and healthcare sectors have faced in recent years, the last few weeks have seen a number of proposals and initiatives that should help create a better landscape for the future. A lot of work is still…
Cyber Newsletter - March 2023 By Patrick Hill Welcome to the March edition of our Data And Cyber Bulletin which looks at issues including recent successes by law enforcement against a major ransomware group, the continued progression of the Online Safety Bill, data protection issues in Italy…