Irish Law & Tax Blog

In the antiquated case of Hadley v Baxendale (1854), D was hired to transport the broken crankshaft of a mill for repair but they delayed, causing loss of business for P. The court had to decide whether D should be liable for the lot, or just what was foreseeable. This week's TOTW provides illumination... Read more

EMA left frustrated, will have to continue operating from UK Read more

This week's Term of the Week explains the process by which lower courts may seek the opinion of a higher court on a contentious point of law. Read more

Changes to 'critical skills' regime will enable spouses and partners to work On 6 March 2019, the Government introduced changes which will make it easier for partners of non-EU workers with Criticial Skills Employment Permits (CSEP) to also get work here. Read more

Following an eight-month investigation, the Data Protection Commission (DPC) have ruled that individuals do not have an 'absolute right' to have their names spelled with fadas.  Read more

Quinn v Irish Bank Resolution Corporation [2019] IEHC 181 Read more

Issue 17 of our Intellectual Property and IT Law Update is now live for subscribers to our online services. Authored by William Fry solicitors, this update contains in-depth guidance on data protection and GDPR enforcement. Read more

This week's TOTW has gone by many names in the past, most famously: 'The Man on the Clapham omnibus' and 'the man on the Bondi tram'. In legal terms, a reasonable man is a ubiquitous, yet entirely fictional, person to whose standards the courts claim to adhere when fashioning objective legal tests. Read more

Issue 87 of the Irish Property Law Update is now live for subscribers to our online services. In this issue, J.C.W. Wylie offers concise and erudite analysis on recent developments in the law of real property in Ireland, including: conditions of sale, surrender and merger and mortgages. Read more

Angela Merkel to hold round-table with border stakeholders As part of her visit to Ireland, German Chancellor Angela Merkel will today hold a round-table discussion with a group of interested parties from the border regions, including business owners and those who lived through The Troubles. Read more