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marzo 2023

Inquests caselaw update: The requirements for clear conclusions about whether an event contributed to the death

Inquests caselaw update: The requirements for clear conclusions about whether an event contributed to the death

The Court of Appeal and High Court have been busy with coronial law during the start of 2023.  In this briefing, we explain three court rulings that y ...

Selling to an Employee Ownership Trust

Selling to an Employee Ownership Trust

Selling to an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT) has amazing benefits beyond the tax free nature of the sale.  Every time we run through this with clients ...

Jurisdiction of the High Court over the Cervical Check Tribunal

Jurisdiction of the High Court over the Cervical Check Tribunal

This is a case taken through the CervicalCheck Tribunal where a settlement was reached between the Plaintiff and one of the Defendants at mediation an ...

Building Safety Act - Responsible Actors Scheme – Opting in is the only option

Building Safety Act - Responsible Actors Scheme – Opting in is the only option

Earlier this month, we reported on the stark ultimatum given to major developers – to sign the Developer Remediation Contract (DRC), or face the conse ...

War exclusions in cyber policies: an overview

War exclusions in cyber policies: an overview

This article was originally published on Practical Law and is reproduced with the permission of the publishers. This article provides an overview of t ...

Requirement to Report Historic Sexual Abuse of a Child

Requirement to Report Historic Sexual Abuse of a Child

McGrath v The Health Serve Executive [2022] IEHC 541The High Court considered, as part of a judicial review, the proper interpretation of the mandator ...

Housebuilder tip of the month: Green Loans - Tips for the Unwary

Housebuilder tip of the month: Green Loans - Tips for the Unwary

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 ...

Cervical Check Update

Cervical Check Update

Dr Gabriel Scally was originally tasked with investigating the Cervical Check controversy which followed the case of Vicky Phelan in 2018. To recap, t ...

Disclosure of expert reports

Disclosure of expert reports

This is another case which arises from the CervicalCheck controversy where the Plaintiff’s smear test was allegedly incorrectly analysed and incorrect ...

The Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019 - Update

The Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019 - Update

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 ye ...