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The European Commission 2019 Report on Equality between Women and Men in the EU concluded, “the reality is that even in the EU, where unequivocal gender equality is secured by law, equality between women and men is still not a tangible reality for too many".

The Government has approved the publication of the Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Bill 2021. 

The recent High Court judgment in Murphy v Palmer [2021] IEHC 154 reiterated the onus of proof which a defendant must meet to successfully bring an application to dismiss a plaintiff’s personal injuries claim for providing evidence which is false or misleading.

While Covid and housing may currently dominate the news headlines, one topic that is sure to come to the forefront again soon is the issue of the pension age gap.

David Phelan, Head of Commercial and Business, contributed to this piece by Lorraine Courtney for The Business Post Intellectual Property Report, 8 August 2021.

In June 2021, the Victorian Supreme Court of Appeal upheld an important decision of the Supreme Court of Victoria concerning the law of defamation.