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The European Union (Unfair Trading Practices in the agricultural and food supply chain) Regulations 2021 (“UTP Regulations”) came into effect on 1 July 2021.  There is an important deadline coming up at the end of April (2022) regarding compliance with the UTP Regulations.

The Competition (Amendment) Bill 2022 was recently published by the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment.

The Protected Disclosures (amendment) Bill 2022 was published by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Michael McGrath TD, on 09 February 2022 and has cast the subject of protected disclosures/whistleblowing into the limelight once again.

A recent Supreme Court decision involves an important and interesting analysis by the Court of a number of aspects of defamation law in Ireland, particularly relating to the level of awards of damages in defamation claims.

We are pleased to announce that a number of our solicitors and departments have been highly ranked in the latest edition of leading international legal directory Chambers Europe.

In the Belgian HR Rail Case, delivered in February of this year, the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) considered whether an employer must provide a disabled worker with a new role, where the worker no longer has the capacity to do their original role, as a result of their disability.