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The Superior Courts Rules Committee has introduced far reaching changes to the manner and pace at which civil litigation is conducted with the introduction of Statutory Instrument 490 of 2021. This includes some very significant and radical changes likely impacting all parties to civil litigation.

Budget 2022 was published yesterday, 12 October 2021, by Minister for Finance, Paschal Donohoe, TD. A number of measures were announced that will be of interest to all stakeholders in the Property sector including in particular first-time buyers, landlords, landowners and developers.

The High Court has recently delivered judgment in a case involving an international litigant which misinterpreted Irish legal procedures with potentially damaging consequences.

The expectation of online anonymity has become so common in our increasingly digital society that individuals often feel immune to the legal consequences of posting harmful or offensive material.

The Scheme of the Consumer Rights Bill 2021 seeks to substantially reform, modernize and consolidate existing consumer protection legislation spread over different pieces of primary and secondary legislation.

Currently, in this jurisdiction there is no legislative framework to facilitate class action cases. Instead, the Courts can deal with multi-party actions in several ways under the Rules of the Superior Courts and through various statutory provisions.