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Budget 2023 has brought a wide range of changes and developments. There was a lot of speculation before the Budget was delivered in relation to likely changes affecting property and inheritance tax rates and bands.

The High Court has delivered a recent judgment in McGuinness v. Sharif and Hermitage Medical Clinic [2022] IEHC 438 in which Hyland J. reaffirms the legal basis for renewing Personal Injury Summons in accordance with Order 8, Rule 4 of the RSC.

The recent judgment of Ms Justice Irvine in relation to an interim suspension application brought by the Health and Social Care Professionals Council (“CORU”) in respect of an optometrist provides a useful restatement of the principles considered by the High Court.

The Nurses and Midwives (Fitness to Practice Subcommittee) Rules (the “Rules”), which came into effect in May of this year, serve to substantially change the manner in which Fitness to Practise Inquiries and investigated and heard by NMBI.

The New Public Works Contract Inflation Co-Operation Agreement: Is the Contracting Authority’s ‘absolute discretion’ as absolute as it appears?

Claire Long and Katie Nugent discuss a recent Court of Appeal decision which has confirmed that the legal principles set down in Kelly v Hennessy remain the ‘touchstone’ for Nervous Shock Claims in Ireland.