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The Protected Disclosures Bill 2013 was published by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Mr Brendan Howlin, T.D. earlier this year and is expected to be enacted before the end of 2013. The Minister has described the Bill as “Ireland’s framework for combating corruption.”

A Plaintiff has pleaded guilty to providing false and misleading information to a solicitor and is to be the first person to be prosecuted under the Civil Liability and Courts Act 2004.

The use of judicial review in the employment law context was clarified in a recent High Court ruling reinstating a school Principal after her demotion by the school’s Board of Management to classroom teacher.

The Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2013 (“the 2013 Act”) was enacted on 24 July 2013 and provides much welcome relief to Lenders whose security was affected by the repeal of certain statutory powers in the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 (“the 2009 Act”) and the subsequent decision in Start Mortgages Ltd –v- Gunn.

The High Court recently held that a woman was not entitled to a declaration a decision by the HSE’s effectively preventing her from having a home birth was unlawful.

The Freedom of Information (FOI) Bill 2013 was recently published by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Mr Brendan Howlin, T.D. The purpose is stated as a Bill to “provide for the commitments in relation to freedom of information contained in the Programme for Government.”