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The Supreme Court has delivered a decision in Hickey v McGowan [2017] IESC 6 which has important consequences for business and commercial entities dealing with litigation arising from the acts of their employees.

The Courts have delivered judgment in two important cases which involve the concept of parliamentary privilege. At its most basic, that principle means that in general the Courts do not have a role in – and are not permitted to –scrutinise comments made in the Houses of the Oireachtas.

The Government recently published new legislation on 13 January 2017, in the form of the Civil Liability (Amendment) Bill 2017, which for the first time empowers the Courts to make consensual and non-consensual Periodic Payment Orders (PPOs) to compensate injured parties in cases of catastrophic injury where long term permanent care is required.

Trying to make sense of the United Kingdom’s decision to leave the European Union is a fool’s errand.

With the introduction of the new Companies Act 2014 on 1st June 2015, all existing private companies limited by shares were obliged to convert to either a private company limited by shares (LTD) or to a designated activity company (DAC) - before 30 November 2016.

The relationship between a landlord and a tenant of a business premises is set out under The Landlord and Tenant (Amendment) Act 1980 as amended by the Landlord and Tenant (Amendment) Act 1994.